# The Risen Christ Between Saints Andrew and Longinus

- By: Andrea Mantegna (Italian, about 1431–1506)
- Date: early 1470s
- Medium: engraving
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: Sheet: 30.5 x 28 cm (12 x 11 in.)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: Gift in memory of Mildred Andrews Putnam
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.103)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1986.103/1986.103_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.