Detail of the Elephants from "The Triumph of Caesar"
artistAfter
Andrea Mantegna
(Padua province, about 1431 - 1506, Mantua)
Datelate 15th century
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumPen and brown ink with brown wash on hand laid paper
Dimensions17.2 x 12.2 cm (6 3/4 x 4 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number1.1.r.14
eMuseum ID721266
Original Number2.4.o.92
EmbARK ObjectID10769
TMS Source ID39
Last Updated10/3/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesChristie, Manson and Woods. Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Drawings by Old Masters formed by a Well-known Amateur during the last Forty Years (London, 12 May 1902), p. 23, lot 201. (as Andrea Mantegna)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 226-32.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), p. 66. (after Andrea Mantegna)
Andrew Martindale. The Triumphs of Caesar by Andrea Mantegna in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Hampton Court (London, 1979), p. 167, no. 1a.
Suzanne Boorsch. "'The Elephants' after Andrea Mantegna: An Engraving Drawn Over." Old Master Drawings 31, 4 (1993), pp. 368-76.
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000).
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), p.101-103, fig. 52.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 226-32.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), p. 66. (after Andrea Mantegna)
Andrew Martindale. The Triumphs of Caesar by Andrea Mantegna in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Hampton Court (London, 1979), p. 167, no. 1a.
Suzanne Boorsch. "'The Elephants' after Andrea Mantegna: An Engraving Drawn Over." Old Master Drawings 31, 4 (1993), pp. 368-76.
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000).
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), p.101-103, fig. 52.
MarksNotesPaetial watermark: a seven-petaled floret (20 mm wide, 17 mm high), centered on a chain line, on an extended stem (60 mm to the base of the sheet) with a partial, undecipherable design 5 mm to the left of the stem, possibly the upper portion of a crowned tête de boeuf (similar to Briquet 14591, 14593, 14595, all datable to late fifteen century, German/Bavarian)
Inscribed in graphite (lower center): A Mantegna
Incribed in black ink (lower right): I. P. A.
Stamped in blue ink (verso, upper left): ISG [in an oval, collector's mark of Isabella Stewart Gardner]
Inscribed on affixed label on backing (verso): Mounted and Framed by / R. Gueraut, / 10, Hollywood Road, / South Kensington, / London, S.W.
Inscribed in graphite (lower center): A Mantegna
Incribed in black ink (lower right): I. P. A.
Stamped in blue ink (verso, upper left): ISG [in an oval, collector's mark of Isabella Stewart Gardner]
Inscribed on affixed label on backing (verso): Mounted and Framed by / R. Gueraut, / 10, Hollywood Road, / South Kensington, / London, S.W.
ProvenanceNotesCollection of Sir John Charles Robinson (1824–1913), museum curator, collector, and connoisseur, London.
Purchased by the art dealers Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1901-2.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at auction from the sale of Sir John Charles Robinson's collection at Christie, Manson and Woods, London on 13 May 1902 for £8 through Thomas Agnew & Sons, lot 201.
Purchased by the art dealers Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1901-2.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at auction from the sale of Sir John Charles Robinson's collection at Christie, Manson and Woods, London on 13 May 1902 for £8 through Thomas Agnew & Sons, lot 201.
