The engravings of Andrea Mantegna were the most influential prints produced in 15th-century Italy. Motifs from his creations appear in works by every major early Italian printmaker, and it was through Mantegna’s prints that Albrecht Dürer made his first acquaintance with the southern Renaissance.
The rider holds the reins of the snarling creature in one hand and holds a tall staff
Pietro Lorenzetti of Siena painted me in 1340 . This inscription is the signature of the Sienese painter Pietro Lorenzetti , which survives on a fragment of the original frame (now incorporated in a modern support and located beneath the image of Madonna and Child ).
She supports the baby’s bottom with one hand and holds a bunch of red cherries
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"SEPIA + 981 WP 1" verso, right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Marks Inscriptions "Sylvia Snowden 10/94" lower right margin, graphite, artist’s hand
Associated Names Isaacs, Charles Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions by unknown hand
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions by artist, lower right in graphite: RMAB; by unknown hand
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions by unknown hand, top center in blue ink: Ellie
signed by artist, center left in graphite: Lillian Bassman / circa 1950; by unknown hand
artist, upper left in graphite: Feast of the Indian Corn 1918; on recto, by unknown hand
