Gevecht tussen tritons met nereïden op hun rug, Andrea Mantegna, 1473 - 1477

Title(s)

Gevecht tussen tritons met nereïden op hun rug
Gevecht van zeegoden

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-H-A-14

Catalogue reference

• Hind (Italy) 6
• The Illustrated Bartsch 5

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘B 25 f 90-92’
• collector's mark: Lugt 10
• collector's mark: Lugt 11
• collector's mark: ‘Hinloopen’

Artist

• print maker: Andrea Mantegna
• after own design by: Andrea Mantegna

Place

Italy

Dating

1473 - 1477

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 293 mm × width 394 mm

What

• triton(s)
• Nereids, daughters of Nereus; sea-nymphs
• non-combatants on the battle-scene

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1957

Copyright

Public domain

• Early Italian engraving : a critical catalogue with complete reproduction of all the prints described, Arthur Mayger Hind, dl. 5, p. 15, 16, cat.nr. 6