Image of Studies for Christ at the Column (recto), c.1460-65 (pen & by Mantegna, Andrea (1431-1506)

Studies for Christ at the Column (recto), c.1460-65 (pen & ink on paper) [see also...

IMAGE number: COU5934515
Image title: Studies for Christ at the Column (recto), c.1460-65 (pen & ink on paper) [see also 5934516]
Artist: Mantegna, Andrea (1431-1506) / Italian
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Location: The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Medium: pen and ink on paper
Date: c. 1460 AD - 1465 AD (C15th AD)
Dimensions: 23.7x14.5 cms

Image description: This exceptionally rare study by the Northern Italian painter and printmaker Andrea Mantegna was made in preparation for an engraving. The artist used both sides of the paper to explore ways of depicting the Biblical scene of the Flagellation, in which Christ is violently scourged. Mantegna shows Christ twice as a muscular nude at the moment before being whipped. His slumped posture, bound hands and downcast expression powerfully convey his human suffering whereas the heroic body and the halo communicate his divinity.
Photo credit: Photo © The Courtauld / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 15th century / art / Christianity / religion / Italy / Europe / Renaissance / torture / execution / Mantegna Andrea (1431-1506) / painter / artist / Flagellation of Christ / Bible (scene) / Jesus Christ / Bible (character) / Bible / Passion of Jesus / New Testament / Italian / Renaissance / religious / flagellation / jesus christ / Bound / tied up / semi-naked / loincloth / halo / defeated / column / post / drawing / Sketch / study / punishment / downcast / 15th Century / c15 / violence / scourged / whipping / suffering / black and white / monochrome / Drawing / Mzdrawing

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