# The Elephants, from The Triumph of Julius Caesar

- By: Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1430/31-1506)
- Date: c. 1498
- Medium: Engraving on paper
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: 27.7 × 26.1 cm (10 15/16 × 10 5/16 in.)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/56701)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/5704560a-fc17-8051-f0a6-393ae93e7adc/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This engraving depicts Julius Caesar entering Rome after his conquest of Gaul in 46 b.c., the greatest military victory of his career. Dante was not afraid of making his political opinions known in the Inferno; the three worst traitors in history—Julius Caesar’s assassins, Brutus, Cassius, and Judas Iscariot—dangle from the mouth of Lucifer in the final circle of hell. After his assassination, Caesar himself would join Orpheus in Dante’s limbo.

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