Flagellation of Christ, with the Pavement

c. 1475

Workshop of Andrea Mantegna

Associated Names
Andrea Mantegna

Artist, Paduan, c. 1431 - 1506

Gian Marco Cavalli

Engraver, Mantuan, before 1454 - in or after 1508

This is a drawing of several figures in an intense moment in an architectural setting with ornate columns. The figures are depicted with detailed human anatomy and positioned dynamically, some holding long rods or staffs. The background is shaded to enhance the depth of the architectural elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper (by Gian Marco Cavalli?)

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 34.1 x 28.8 cm (13 7/16 x 11 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.7.23

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.17, no. 8


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1964

  • Old Master Prints from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, organized by the Smithsonian Travelling Exhibitions Service, toured to Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, TN; University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA; University of Southern California, Los Angeles; University of Kansas Museum of Art, Lawrence; Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH; Dullin Gallery of Art, Knoxville, TN; Atlanta Art Association, GA; York Junior College Gallery, York, PA; Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Hill School, Pottstown, PA; Milwaukee Art Center, WI; and Western Washington State College. Bellingham, WA, 1964-1966, no. 18.

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1973, no. 184.

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.78 (b) (attributed to Zoan Andrea).

Watermarks

Small Circle. Cf Br. 2925-7 (Nantes 1484 – Troyes 1552).

Wikidata ID

Q64962893

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