Saint Andrew

Bartolomeo Passarotti

Associated Names
Bartolomeo Passarotti

Artist, Bolognese, 1529 - 1592

The image depicts an elderly man holding a large cross with both arms. His body is turned to the side, and he is barefoot. The man has defined facial features, a bushy beard, curly hair, and wears a draped garment that leaves one shoulder exposed. The background has vertical and diagonal lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 29.1 × 14.1 cm (11 7/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1976.45.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 8

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 1986.

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

Wikidata ID

Q65566140

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