id: 106624 accession number: 1924.667 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.667 updated: 2019-11-18 09:37:38.231000 Combats and Triumphs, probably 1560s. Etienne Delaune (French, 1518/19-c. 1583). Engraving; image: 6.5 x 21.9 cm (2 9/16 x 8 5/8 in.); secondary support: 7 x 22.5 cm (2 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1924.667 title: Combats and Triumphs title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: probably 1560s creation date earliest: 1560 creation date latest: 1569 current location: creditline: Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. copyright: --- culture: France, 16th century technique: engraving department: Prints collection: PR - Engraving type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Robert-Dumesnil IX.87.281 --- CREATORS * Etienne Delaune (French, 1518/19-c. 1583) - artist --- measurements: Image: 6.5 x 21.9 cm (2 9/16 x 8 5/8 in.); Secondary Support: 7 x 22.5 cm (2 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.) state of the work: I/IV edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Design and Decoration: Ornament Prints opening date: 1990-08-07T04:00:00 Design and Decoration: Ornament Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 7-October 28, 1990). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Etienne Delaune (French, 1518/19-1583) Combats and Triumphs, probably 1560s Engravings Gift of Leonard C. Hanna 1924.671-.674 The Triumph of Bacchus Battle of Men and Animals Combat of the Naked Men Battle of the Centaurs and the Lapiths The four prints shown here come from a series of twelve known as the Combats and Triumphs. The friezelike composition reflects the artist's study of marble relief carvings on Greek and Roman sarcophagi (coffins), here reduced to a preciously small setting. Against a flat, stagelike background, Delaune's balletic warriors engage in a Mannerist version of artificial war. Etienne Delaune was inspired by the art created at Fontainebleau, but he worked in Paris and then Strasbourg during the late 1500s. His small, exquisitely executed engravings reflect his training as a goldsmith and his work as a medallist. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.667/1924.667_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.667/1924.667_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.667/1924.667_full.tif