The Risen Christ Between Saints Andrew and Longinus
Andrea Mantegna (Italian, about 1431–1506)
early 1470s
- Medium
- engraving
- Classification
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 30.5 x 28 cm (12 x 11 in.)
- Culture
- Italy
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Prints
- Credit line
- Gift in memory of Mildred Andrews Putnam
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Andrea Mantegna probably made this print for the founding of the Church of Sant’Andrea (1472) in Mantua, Italy, which housed a relic of Christ’s blood. Christ stands between Saint Longinus, who brought the relic to Mantua, and Saint Andrew, who discovered its burial place. Mantegna was among the first Italian painters to create engravings of his own design. The engraving’s parallel, diagonal hatching, bold outlines, soft brownish ink, and subtle transitions mimic his pen-and-ink drawings. Some slight unevenness, seen in the background lines, may be the result of Mantegna’s use of a hand-held roller instead of a press.
