Peter Raissis, Prints & drawings Europe 1500–1900, 2014, 29.2 x 42.9 cm (trimmed irregularly insde platemark), Andrea Mantegna Art Gallery Rd, The Domain 2000Sydney, AustraliaInfo line 1800 679 278, See opening hours and admission His noble bearing and contrapposto stance link him particularly to ancient sculptures. 1470–1490. Please enter your email address. Date: c. 1470. New York. Engraving and drypoint. Learn more. As part of his experimentation with the novel medium of engraving he also used the technique of drypoint to create deeper tonal effects. 1485/1488, The Babylonian Whore, probably c. 1496/1498, The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Margaret, c. 1495, The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, ca. Read the latest visit information, including hours, 1430-1431 Sheet/image size 11 x 16 3/16 in. Throughout his life, Mantegna was fascinated with classical antiquity. by lowering the horizon in order to create a sense of greater monumentality. Bidding closed. 1480, Battle of the Sea Gods [right half], ca. His flinty, metallic landscapes and somewhat stony figures give evidence of a fundamentally sculptural approach to painting. Arthur Hind, Early Italian engraving: a critical catalogue with complete reproduction of all the prints described, Liechtenstein, 1970, vol V. no 4. Other pagan creatures display the effects of wine by their lasciviousness or lassitude. Closed Good Friday & Christmas Day, Update from the Gallery regarding COVID-19, Read the latest visit information, including hours, Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian Old Master Prints from the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Old Europe: Prints & drawings from the collection 1500-1800. Mantegna modelled the hard clear forms of the composition in the same way as his pen and ink drawings, with restrained parallel hatching laid down in diagonal masses. A lifetime or near lifetime impression (Bartsch, 19; Hind, 3; NGA 1973, 73).Monogrammed and dated …. Andrea Mantegna was an artist with a deep interest in antiquity, and much of his work resembled Greco-Roman sculpture, which he translated into widely circulating and frequently copied engravings. 1497, "George Shaw: My Back to Nature" at National Gallery, London, "The Botticelli Renaissance" at Gemäldegalerie, Berlin (2015-2016), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Purchase, Rogers Fund, The Charles Engelhard Foundation Gift, and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The …. Andrea Mantegna was an Italian painter, a student of Roman archeology, and son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini. Skinner. Open today 10–11 a.m. members | 11 a.m.–6 p.m. public. In the 19th century the number of prints ascribed to Mantegna amounted to more than 20. Mantegna’s frieze-shaped bacchanalian subjects portray the god of wine and his drunken revelers. This is the left half of a pair of prints; the adjoining print Bacchanal with … A sober putto lifts his foot onto the spouting tap in order to peer into the barrel, while nearby his two drunken companions lie sprawled on the ground. While this is an exaggeration not to be taken at face value (Vasari revised his opinion in the second edition of Lives published in 1568, bestowing the accolade on the Florentine goldsmith Maso Finiguerra instead), Mantegna was, nevertheless, the first painter of major significance to devote attention to printmaking, and his engravings are among the most impressive prints made in the 15th century. Andrea Mantegna. Bacchanal with a Wine Vat. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales picturebook, Sydney, 1972, col illus p 6. His flinty, metallic landscapes and somewhat stony figures give evidence of a fundamentally sculptural approach to painting. One of the pre-eminent figures of the Italian Renaissance, Andrea Mantegna’s enduring admiration for the art and culture of antiquity is evident in his emphasis on accurate proportion when depicting the figure. 1470–90. Bacchanal with a Wine Vat. 1485/1488, Victory Reclining Amid Trophies, ca. Bacchanal with a Wine Vat (c. 1475) Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431-1506) (Italian, 1431-1506) About the work. Condition: Trimmed into image, laid down, extensive repaired/reassembled tears and replacement of losses (some with retouch), abrasions, …. A lifetime or near lifetime impression (Bartsch, 19; Hind, 3; NGA 1973, 73).Monogrammed and dated within the plate.Sheet/image size 11 x 16 3/16 in. To help improve this record, please email . For most of the 20th century, only seven were identified as being by his own hand, with many designated ‘School of Mantegna’. Andrea Canova, Mantegna invenit, Paris, 2008, pp 268-70. no 105, Nicolas Draffin, Piety and Paganism, 'Introduction', pp 3-5, Sydney, 1991, p 4, p 6 illus p 8. no catalogue numbers. A lifetime or near lifetime impression (Bartsch, 19; Hind, 3; NGA 1973, 73). Artist: Andrea Mantegna. Bacchanal with a Wine Vat, early 1470. Bacchanal with a Wine Vat by Andrea Mantegna ca. Stav i venstre hånd (1816 – 1823), Mandlig knælende modelfigur, profil til venstre (1804), En lille pige, der har stukket sin finger på en rosentorn (1812). We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Gallery stands, the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture.