The Death of Ananias
Artist
Agostino de Musi, called Agostino Veneziano
(Italian, 1490 - 1540)
Dateca. 1516
MediumEngraving
DimensionsPlate: 10 × 15 11/16 inches (25.4 × 39.85 cm)
Mat: 16 × 21 1/4 inches (40.64 × 53.98 cm)
Mat: 16 × 21 1/4 inches (40.64 × 53.98 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number32-74/11
On View
Not on viewCollections
Gallery LabelThis engraving was based on one of a famous series of tapestries designed by the great Italian Renaissance artist Raphael (1483-1520). The subject represents Ananias punished by St. Peter for having born false witness and he is shown struck down in the foreground. A very dramatic effect is achieved by the clear reactions of the astonished spectators contrasted with the noble authority of the Apostles on this dias.
With M. Knoedler & Co., New York, by May 1932;
Purchased from M. Knoedler & Co., New York, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1932.
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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1816
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