Collection Online as of September 29, 2023

Four Dancing Muses

c. 1497

probably by the so-called Premier Engraver

(Italian)

Andrea Mantegna

(Italian, 1431–1506)

Italy, 15th century

Engraving

Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1921.175

Catalogue raisonné: Hind 11

Location

not on view

Citations

"Early Italian Engravings." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 8, no. 4 (April 1921): 63-67.

Published as: Four Women Dancing Reproduced: P. 62; Mentioned: P. 65-66 www.jstor.org

Exhibition history

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; August 25-October 27, 2002. "Early Italian Engravings: 1460s - 1530s."

Italian and German Prints of the 15th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29, 1933-January 3, 1934).

Prints of the Fifteenth to Twentieth Century from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 5-September 12, 1934).

Inaugural Exhibition of the New Print Gallery - Prints from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 10-November 13, 1938).

The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30-November 13, 1949).

The Dance in Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 20-August 17, 1955).

Real Prints: Reproduction or Invention. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 7-May 17, 1987).

Early Italian Engraving: 1460's - 1530's. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 25-October 27, 2002).