Flagellation of a Saint by Andrea Scacciati http://www.nga.gov/artworks/160800-flagellation-saint
left in plate: Paggi inv: ed del; lower right in plate: Scacciati inc:; by later hand
left in plate: Paggi inv: ed del; lower right in plate: Scacciati inc:; by later hand
image, at right, in graphite: Mary Cassatt; at bottom right, in graphite, in later hand
Inscriptions by Hazel Strand, center verso in graphite: Paul Strand HK; by later hand
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions by later hand, lower right verso in graphite:
: ex Collectione Arundelliana / Adam Elsheimer pinxit; lower center in by later hand
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions „ECatlett ’70“ lower right margin, graphite, artist’s hand
graphite: „and mist or glim, I’d sail with him, / If he would sail with me‘; by later hand
The ability to print and circulate images in multiple colors is a central aspect of modern civilization, important for the spread of knowledge as well as for aesthetic enjoyment. The original development of multicolor printing was carried out in the late fifteenth century by the German printer Erhard Ratdolt, one of the greatest innovators in the history of graphic art, who worked in Venice and Augsburg.
woodcut was printed from one woodblock in black and then frequently colored by hand
Information on this painting can be found in the Gallery publication American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century, pages 76-81, which is available as a free PDF https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/american-paintings-18th-century.pdf
up over his head with his far arm, and holds a lance down by his side with the hand
The strength and vitality of the people who helped establish the new Dutch Republic are nowhere better captured than in the work of Frans Hals, who was the preeminent portrait painter in Haarlem, the most important artistic center of Holland in the early part of the seventeenth century. This unidentified sitter—one of Hals’ most impressive portraits—was sixty years old when the painting was made, according to the artist’s inscription.
She holds a small brown leather book tooled with gold ornament in her right hand,