The Risen Christ Between Saints Andrew and Longinus (early 1470s): Art, History and Details

The Risen Christ Between Saints Andrew and Longinus (early 1470s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Andrea Mantegna (Italian, about 1431–1506).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the 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.

Object facts

• Title: The Risen Christ Between Saints Andrew and Longinus
• Date: early 1470s
• Creator attribution: Andrea Mantegna (Italian, about 1431–1506)
• Culture: Italy
• Type: Print
• Technique: engraving
• Dimensions: Sheet: 30.5 x 28 cm (12 x 11 in.)
• Collection: PR - Engraving
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1986.103

Collection credit

Gift in memory of Mildred Andrews Putnam

Further reading listed by the museum

• Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1986.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 74, no. 2 (February 1987): 38–79.

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