The Martyrdom of Saint Christopher, from "The Story of Saints James and Christopher in the Eremitani Chapel"
Medium
Etching; second state of two
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed to plate): 12 7/8 × 15 11/16 in. (32.7 × 39.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.570.243
Tags
About the Artist
Giovanni David|Andrea Mantegna · 1749–1790
Giovanni David (1743–1790) was a Genoese painter and etcher whose brief career, shaped by distinguished patronage and wide-ranging travel, produced a body of work remarkable for its experimental verve. Born in Genoa, he came under the protection of Count Giacomo Durazzo, a cultivated Genoese nobleman and diplomat who became the defining figure of his artistic life. Durazzo sponsored David's traini...