# Dead Christ Held by Angels

**Orazio Samacchini** (Italian)  
1580/1620  
Etching in black on cream laid paper  
Plate: 26.6 × 21.4 cm (10 1/2 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 29 × 23.6 cm (11 7/16 × 9 5/16 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2022.51. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/262509).

## About this work

Orazio Samacchini made this in 1580/1620. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of etching in black on cream laid paper.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Etching.** The artist draws with a needle through a waxy coating on a copper plate, and acid bites the exposed lines. The plate is then inked, wiped and printed under pressure, so the line keeps the freedom of drawing.
- **Laid paper.** Handmade on a mould of close-set wires, which leave fine parallel lines you can see when the sheet is held to the light.

### [Orazio Samacchini](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/orazio-samacchini)

Italian

## Facts

- Type: Print
- Culture: Italy
- Real size: about 10 × 8½ in (26 × 21 cm). The 8 × 10 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 16th century
- Movement: [Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/renaissance)
- Colour: grey
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/409.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/409/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86; 24 × 36 in $108; 30 × 40 in $148
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208; 24 × 36 in $258; 30 × 40 in $338
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148; 24 × 36 in $178; 30 × 40 in $228
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5; 30 × 40 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dead-christ-held-by-angels-aic-262509).