DrawingsItalian16th century

Antique Sacrifice

16th century

Artists

Andrea MantegnaArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink with touches of black chalk on dark cream antique laid paper, with infill at top right, mounted overall to cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15.6 × 18 cm (6 1/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

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