print
- Museum number
- 1864,0714.42
- Description
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The calumny of Apelles: the judge with the ears of an ass, sits left in an open piazza, his councillors Suspicion (Sospitione) and Ignorance (Ignorantia) stand on either side; Envy (Invidia), an old hag with ass's ears, presents to him Calumny (Calumnia dapele), a young woman wearing a crown, who holds a torch and drags Innocence (Innocentia) by the hair; she is followed by her handmaids, Fraud (Adiptione) and Treachery (Insidia) who are tying her hair, while Repentance (Penitentia) turns towards Truth (Verita), who points up with her hand.
Engraving
- Production date
- 1490-1530
- Dimensions
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Height: 323 millimetres
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Width: 459 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Based on a drawing by Mantegna in the BM (1860,0616.85), usually dated 1504/5, with an additional background showing the piazza of SS. Giovanni e Paolo in Venice with the equestrian statue of Colleoni by Verrocchio which was set up in 1496. Although Mocetto seems to have used the original drawing, the changes in the lettering imply that he did this without Mantegna's own involvement. See Giorgio Marini in 'Innocente e calunniato: Federico Zuccaro e le vedette d'artista', Uffizi 2009, p.238.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2016 19 Mar-31 Jul, Venice, Gallerie dell'Academia, "Manutius, the Arts and Publishing. The Venetian Renaissance"
- Acquisition date
- 1864
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1864,0714.42
