Combat Between Two Tritons

early 16th century

Andrea Mantegna, Artist Daniel Hopfer, Artist

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About the Artwork

Title Combat Between Two Tritons

Artwork Date early 16th century

Makers Andrea Mantegna (Artist) Italian, 1431-1506 Daniel Hopfer (Artist) German, ca. 1470-1536

Medium Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

Dimensions Image: 6 × 9 1/8 inches (15.2 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 6 1/4 × 9 1/2 inches (15.9 × 24.1 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 09.1S608

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Signed Signed, in plate, lower center: DH

Inscriptions Inscribed, in plate, lower right: 99 Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [numeric notations]

Marks Watermark, upper center of image.

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November 1885, (F. Keppel & Co., New York, New York, USA).
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Daniel Hopfer; after Andrea Mantegna, Combat Between Two Tritons, early 16th century, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S608.

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