Battle between Two Tritons
Former TitleBattle of the Sea Gods
Artist
Daniel Hopfer
(German, ca. 1470 - 1536)
Artist After
Andrea Mantegna
(Italian, 1431 - 1506)
Dateca. 1500
MediumEtching
DimensionsPlate: 6 × 9 1/16 inches (15.24 × 23.02 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-468
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Gallery LabelThis print is a copy of an engraving by Andrea Mantegna, one of the most archeologically correct artists of the early Italian Renaissance in the 15th century. The style here is inspired by antique classical releifs, but the figures have an intensity of expression and gesture which surpasses classical models. The Tritons were half human sea gods. Here they are shown fighting with a skull and a thigh bone.
With Alden Galleries, Kansas City, MO, by July 15, 1933;
Purchased from Alden Galleries by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.
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