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chap, vii.] ANDREA MANTEGNA. 501
insomuch that the print has the appearance of being taken from a
different plate.
Mr. Bartsch adds, that, besides the copy of this print given in
Strutt's Dictionary of Engravers, there exists another modern copy,
engraved from a first impression of the original plate.
St. Sebastian.
St. Sebastian is bound, by his two arms, to the trunk of a tree,
which rises on the left side of the print. In his right hand, which
is elevated, he holds some arrows. This piece is curved at top.
Never having seen this engraving, I ascribe it to Mantegna solely
on the authority of Bartsch. It measures nine inches in height, by
three inches and live-eighths in width. (Bartsch, No. 10.)
Subjects of Profane History and Heathen Mythology.
A Design for part of the Triumphs of Julius Cccsar.
Whether the figures, which occupy the chief part of this print,
were intended to represent the Roman senate, or a body of captive
philosophers, it may be difficult to determine. These figures, some
of them with books in their hands, follow each other in ranks of
four or live deep, directing their steps towards the right. They are
followed by two ranks of soldiers dressed in complete armour,
amongst which may be observed one bearing a large branch of
laurel, and another with a halbert in his left hand, and a large shield
over his other arm. The lower part of a large fabric, from which
people are looking out of the windows, occupies the back-ground
on the right, and on the left are other fabrics and a round tower.
This piece, appears to have been engraved by Mantegna, from a
design intended for part of the triumphs of Julius Csesar, but which
insomuch that the print has the appearance of being taken from a
different plate.
Mr. Bartsch adds, that, besides the copy of this print given in
Strutt's Dictionary of Engravers, there exists another modern copy,
engraved from a first impression of the original plate.
St. Sebastian.
St. Sebastian is bound, by his two arms, to the trunk of a tree,
which rises on the left side of the print. In his right hand, which
is elevated, he holds some arrows. This piece is curved at top.
Never having seen this engraving, I ascribe it to Mantegna solely
on the authority of Bartsch. It measures nine inches in height, by
three inches and live-eighths in width. (Bartsch, No. 10.)
Subjects of Profane History and Heathen Mythology.
A Design for part of the Triumphs of Julius Cccsar.
Whether the figures, which occupy the chief part of this print,
were intended to represent the Roman senate, or a body of captive
philosophers, it may be difficult to determine. These figures, some
of them with books in their hands, follow each other in ranks of
four or live deep, directing their steps towards the right. They are
followed by two ranks of soldiers dressed in complete armour,
amongst which may be observed one bearing a large branch of
laurel, and another with a halbert in his left hand, and a large shield
over his other arm. The lower part of a large fabric, from which
people are looking out of the windows, occupies the back-ground
on the right, and on the left are other fabrics and a round tower.
This piece, appears to have been engraved by Mantegna, from a
design intended for part of the triumphs of Julius Csesar, but which