Saint Christopher
c.1500
Andrea Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431–1506)
Drawings
Saint Christopher, c.1500. Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431–1506). Pen and brown ink and blue gouache with brush and green wash and traces of orange gouache, heightened with white gouache; sheet: 28.6 x 17.4 cm (11 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.); secondary support: 28.7 x 17.6 cm (11 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1956.39
- Maker/Artist
- Mantegna, Andrea
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- pen and brown ink and blue gouache with brush and green wash and traces of orange gouache, heightened with white gouache
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 28.6 x 17.4 cm (11 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.); Secondary Support: 28.7 x 17.6 cm (11 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: upper left, in brown ink: di propria mano di / mi[o?] andrea matenga ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, across top, in red-brown pencil: [illegible] / [illegible] ; RECTO OF OLD MOUNT(now removed), upper right, in brown ink: 16.
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1956.39
- Credit Line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Exhibitions
- Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition, Italian Drawings of the Renaissance, Drawings, Old Master Drawings, Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection, Old Master Prints and Drawings, Drawings from the Museum Collection, Italian Prints and Drawings, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection, CMA, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection (Dec. 15, 1986-Mar. 1, 1987).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Apr. 27, 1972-Feb. 2, 1973).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Dec. 1, 1970-Jan. 31, 1971; Mar. 16, 1971- (Gallery F remained open)).<br>CMA, Italian Prints and Drawings (Jan. 30-Mar. 26, 1968).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 9, 1967-Jan. 21, 1968).<br>CMA, Old Master Prints and Drawings (July 29, 1966-Apr. 1, 1967).<br>CMA, Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection (May 6-Sep. 9, 1965).<br>CMA, Old Master Drawings (Mar. 10-30, 1964).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Jan. 11-Sep. 10, 1963).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Sep. 19-Nov. 5, 1962).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Mar. 7-Apr. 26, 1962).<br>CMA, Art and Humanism in the Renaissance (Jan. 22-Feb. 25, 1962).<br>Detroit Institute of Arts, Italian Drawings of the Renaissance (Apr. 5-May 8, 1960), no. 14, illus. p. 29.<br>CMA, Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition (Mar. 3, 1958-Oct. 11, 1959).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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