The Man of Sorrows; an image of Christ surrounded by nine vignettes depicting scenes of the Passion
Giorgio Ghisi
by 1575
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 3/4 in. (28.3 x 22.3 cm) borderline
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.656.3
Tags
ChristSadnessSufferingMenCrucifixion
About the Artist
Giorgio Ghisi · 1520–1582
Giorgio Ghisi (c. 1520–1582) was one of the most accomplished engravers of the Italian Renaissance, renowned for translating the monumental compositions of Raphael, Giulio Romano, and Michelangelo into the exacting medium of the burin. Born in Mantua, he trained in an environment shaped by the legacy of Giulio Romano's decoration of the Palazzo del Te, and the grandeur of that Mannerist tradition ...