The Flagellation, with paved floor
Maker
Gian Marco Cavalli (engraver)
ca. 1454-after 1508
(designer)
1431-1506
ca. 1454-after 1508
(designer)
1431-1506
Title
The Flagellation, with paved floor
Date of Production
1465 - 1470
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Height: 44.2 cm
Width: 34.3 cm
Width: 34.3 cm
Accession Number
G.1978.PG.6
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
Breaking with tradition, this powerful engraving depicts the tortured Christ as vulnerable and afraid, recoiling as his tormentors scourge him. One of the first Italian artists to embrace printmaking, Mantegna was attracted by its potential for creating original compositions that disseminated his work to a wider audience. The sculptural quality of the bodies is achieved by modelling them with light and shade using a range of parallel lines. A preparatory drawing for the print also came to The Courtauld Gallery as part of Count Seilern’s Princes Gate Bequest.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Exhibition History
Summer Showcase - Unfinished, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2015-20/09/2015
Bruegel to Freud: Prints from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 19/06/2014-21/09/2014
Bruegel to Freud: Prints from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 19/06/2014-21/09/2014
Literature
David Landau, 'Revisiting Mantegna', Print Quarterly vol. XXXVIII, no. 3, September 2021, pp. 251-288
pp. 258-62, 266, 273
pp. 258-62, 266, 273
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