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Collection Online as of December 13, 2025

Allegory of the Fall of Ignorant Humanity

c. 1500–1505

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia

(Italian)

after Andrea Mantegna

(Italian, 1431–1506)
Italy, late 15th-early 16th century
engraving printed on two sheets
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1925.155
Location: Not on view
  • Prasse, Leona. "The Engraving of Andrea Mantegna." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 43, no. 4 (April 1956): 59-62. Mentioned: p. 61 www.jstor.org
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