Etching: Roman Sacrifice

1941.03.0005

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Artifact Identification Etching: Roman Sacrifice   (1941.03.0005)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Art
  4. :
  5. N/A
Artist/Maker Hollar, Wenceslaus 1607 (Prague) - 1677 (London) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, England (after) Andrea Mantegna: Original Artist
Geographic Location
Period/Date Baroque, 17th Century
Culture Bohemian, British, English

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 23.6 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 18.7 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 5 g
Measuring Remarks Dimensions of the picture, not of the backing.
Materials Paper, Pigment--Ink
Manufacturing Processes N/A
Munsell Color Information waived

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda N/A
Bibliography

Peck, Linda Levy. "Consuming Splendor: Society and Culture in Seventeenth-Century England." New York:Cambridge University Press, 2005. (see pgs. 179-182)

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Henry V. Putzel
Reproduction No
Reproduction Information Version at University of Toronto titled "Four Classical Figures, after Mantegna."

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