After
Andrea Mantegna
, Italian, 1430/31-1506
Title
The Corselet BearersMediumInk and wash on paper
Dimensions
26 x 26.2 cm
Credit LinePurchased, 1866
Object numberNGI.2187
DescriptionThis drawing is a copy after a section of Mantegna's painting 'The Triumph of Julius Caesar', now at Hampton Court, London. The effects of light and shade on forms are well realised, especially evident in the armour. In this densely packed triumphal procession, great attention is paid to the background details that Mantegna himself left vague in his preliminary drawings. This suggests that this drawing was made with an engraver in mind.ProvenanceEarl Spencer; William Esdaile; Revd Dr H. Wellesley; purchased, Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1866, Revd Dr H. Wellesley sale, lot 884Exhibition HistoryAndrea Mantegna, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 28 April - 12 July 1992; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1992
Trove, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 3 December 2014 - 8 March 2015