By Matteo Rosselli - Saint Andrew led to martyrdom

The print is based on a work by the Florentine painter Matteo Rosselli. The scene is inspired by the martyrdom of Saint Andrew, depicted, according to tradition, as an old man with a thick beard and long hair. The saint is led to the cross with its arms crossed in an X that still bears his name today.

Matteo Rosselli, who lived between the late 16th and early 17th centuries, was one of the most important artists of the Counter-Reformation period. Thus, the execution of this work predominantly reflects the pursuit of naturalism, a characteristic of the 17th century: in opposition to the artificiality of Mannerism, the artists, guided also by the directives of the Council of Trent regarding sacred art, returned to a classical stylistic register that looked to Renaissance naturalism, especially that of Titian and Raphael. This artistic climate is evidenced by this beautiful engraving, which exhibits a monumentality and magniloquence that hark back to the High Renaissance.

From a formal point of view, the engraving presents a perfect executive technique in reproducing Matteo Rosselli's work with a refined graphic hatching.

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