Sketches after prints illustrating the Triumph of Julius Caesar

People:

Pietro Bracci (draughtsman)
Andrea Mantegna (engraver (printmaker))
Pietro Bracci (designer)
Andrea Mantegna (painter (artist))
Julius Caesar (dedicatee)

Title:

Sketches after prints illustrating the Triumph of Julius Caesar

Date:

between 1715 and 1773

Description:

- These seven vignettes are studies of different aspects of a triumph for Julius Caesar, probably from prints after Andrea Mantegna's series of paintings (Kieven and Pinto, cat. no. 76).

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawings

Technique and media:

Pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk

Dimensions:

sheet: 26.9 x 77.8 cm

Reference number:

DR1966:0001:095

Drawing Type:

sketches

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawings

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The support consists of two sheets of laid paper glued together at the c. Both halves of the support have old folds down the c. and the l. half has been trimmed unevenly.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, b.: with title; u.l.: "primo Triompho di G. Cesar[e] [all underlined except first word] / Vanno auanti [sic] Li Trombettieri Sonando [?] note allegre / e Triomphali, le Stendardi, e Tauole [sic] dipinte / dalle Battaglie, et expugnazioni delle prese città"; and in various locations: with notes following "Secondo", "Terzo", "Quarto", "Quinto", "6.o", "7.o", and "8.o" inscribed - by an unknown contemporary hand ? in pen and brown ink, verso, u.r.: "Ordinanza del Trionfo / di Giulio Cesare" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, u.l.: "95" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, t.: "8" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, l.l.: "8"

Subject:

theatre design
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

chariot (carriage)
procession
trophies
standards
triumph

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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