id:			131989
accession number:	1954.564
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.564
updated:		2025-08-20 00:38:32.778000

Faun Attacking a Snake, 1470–1500. Unknown, school of Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431–1506). Engraving; sheet: 29.9 x 20 cm (11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1954.564

title:				Faun Attacking a Snake
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creation date:			1470–1500
creation date earliest:		1470
creation date latest:		1500
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Italy, 15th century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hind 1910, 358.1 (Master IFT); Hind 1938–48, V. 20; Bartsch XIII.324.12

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CREATORS

* Unknown  - artist

* Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431–1506) 

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measurements: Sheet: 29.9 x 20 cm (11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Lettered vertically down right side: 'DIVO HERCULI INVICTO and I.F.T'.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection
	opening date:   1965-05-06T04:00:00
	<i>Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965).

	title:		Old Master Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   1966-07-29T04:00:00
	<i>Old Master Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967).

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RELATED WORKS

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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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