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Saint Christopher
Inscriptions
Upper left: di propria mano di / mi[o?] [likely an abbreviation for "Maestro"] andrea matenga (brown ink); Verso of secondary support, top: [illegible] (red-brown pencil); Recto of old mount (now removed), upper right:16 (brown ink)
Provenance
c.1450s-c.1510: The drawing is acquired by Antonio II Badile (c.1424-c.1511) c.1520: The drawing is included in an album of drawings compiled from Antionio II Badile’s collection, likely by one or both of his sons, Bartolomeo III Badile(1464/67-1545) or Francesco II Badile(1476/77-1544). 1672: The drawing is in the collection of Lodovico Moscardo as part of the Badile Album. 1785: The drawing enters the collection of the Miniscalchi family as part of the Badile Album upon the marriage of Teresa Moscardo and Marcantonio Miniscalchi. 1905: The drawing is purchased by an unknown collector after Mario Miniscalchi-Erizzo begins to sell drawings from the Moscardo collection, including the Badile Album. 1947-1954: The drawing is purchased, along with the rest of the Badile Album, by Francis Matthiesen, who dismantles the album and begins selling individual drawings. 1956: The drawing is purchased by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Exhibition history
Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959). Italian Drawings of the Renaissance. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (organizer) (April 5-May 8, 1960). Art and Humanism in the Renaissance. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 23-February 25, 1962). Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963). Old Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-31, 1964). Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965). Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967). Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 9, 1967-January 1, 1968). Italian Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 26, 1968). Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 1986-March 1, 1987).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Andrea Mantegna (Italian, about 1431–1506)
- Date
- c. 1500
- Medium
- pen and brown ink and blue gouache with brush and green wash and traces of orange gouache, heightened with white gouache
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 28.6 x 17.4 cm (11 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.); Secondary Support: 28.7 x 17.6 cm (11 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Accession no.
- 1956.39
More by Andrea Mantegna in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011279
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