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Allegory of the Fall of Ignorant Humanity: Virtus Combusta

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.a
Catalogue raisonné: Hind V(II).27.22 ; Bartsch XIII.303.16
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
  • Early Italian Engraving: 1460's - 1530's. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 25-October 27, 2002).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; August 25-October 27, 2002. "Early Italian Engravings: 1460s - 1530s."
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