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accession number:	1925.155.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1925.155.a
updated:		2025-04-24 11:13:50.701000

Allegory of the Fall of Ignorant Humanity: Virtus Combusta, c. 1500–1505. Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (Italian), after Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431–1506). Engraving printed on two sheets. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1925.155.a

title:				Allegory of the Fall of Ignorant Humanity: Virtus Combusta
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creation date:			c. 1500–1505
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1505
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	Italy, late 15th-early 16th century
technique:	engraving printed on two sheets
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hind V(II).27.22 ; Bartsch XIII.303.16

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CREATORS

* Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (Italian)  - artist

* Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431–1506)  - artist

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Early Italian Engraving: 1460's - 1530's
	opening date:   2002-08-25T00:00:00
	<i>Early Italian Engraving: 1460's - 1530's</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 25-October 27, 2002).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; August 25-October 27, 2002.  "Early Italian Engravings: 1460s - 1530s."', 'opening_date': '2002-08-25T00:00:00'}

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CITATIONS

	Prasse, Leona. "The Engraving of Andrea Mantegna." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>43, no. 4 (April 1956): 59-62.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 61
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142121

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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1925.155.a/1925.155.a_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1925.155.a/1925.155.a_full.tif