Risen Christ Between Saints Andrew and Longinus (c. 1500–1504): Art, History and Details

Risen Christ Between Saints Andrew and Longinus (c. 1500–1504) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (Italian, about 1460–about 1520); Andrea Mantegna (Italian, about 1431–1506).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Andrea Mantegna probably authorized Giovanni Antonio da Brescia’s copy of his engraving, the original of which hangs in this gallery. Perhaps unhappy with how his engraved plates had worn from use, Mantegna hired Da Brescia to reengrave several of his compositions. Mantegna’s engraving dates from the 1470s; by 1500, when this copy was made, Da Brescia had better tools and ink, and the use of a roller press, so his impressions are generally sharper and darker than Mantegna’s originals. Da Brescia also employed a “return stroke,” or zigzag, not used by Mantegna, to create continuous shading on the draperies and legs.

Object facts

• Title: Risen Christ Between Saints Andrew and Longinus
• Date: c. 1500–1504
• Creator attribution: Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (Italian, about 1460–about 1520); Andrea Mantegna (Italian, about 1431–1506)
• Culture: Italy
• Type: Print
• Technique: engraving
• Collection: PR - Engraving
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1924.220

Collection credit

Gift of Ralph King

Further reading listed by the museum

• Prasse, Leona. "The Engraving of Andrea Mantegna." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 43, no. 4 (April 1956): 59-62.

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