Dead Christ Held by Angels
Orazio Samacchini
1580/1620
Medium
Etching in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 26.6 × 21.4 cm (10 1/2 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 29 × 23.6 cm (11 7/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
Classification
prints and drawing
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
262509
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Orazio Samacchini · 1532–1577
**Orazio Samacchini** (also spelled Sammachini; 20 December 1532 – 12 June 1577) was an Italian painter of the late Renaissance and Mannerist style, born and died in Bologna. He worked primarily in his native city but also received important commissions in Rome and Parma. Samacchini trained under Pellegrino Tibaldi, though some early sources also link him to Ercole Procaccini. His early work show...