# Martyrdom of St. Andrew

**Francesco Coghetti** (Italian, 1804–1875)  
1825–50  
Pen and brown ink, black chalk on cream laid paper, lined  
30.1 x 23.6 cm (11 7/8 x 9 5/16 in.)

Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 1901-39-48. [The museum's record](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/10618).

## About this work

In a spacious Roman hall, three men are raising the cross with the Apostle. Meanwhile, a soldier is trying to corral an excited crowd at left, and the praetor and two more soldiers watch the scene in the background.

_Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum._

Francesco Coghetti drew this in 1825–50, aged 21. It is now at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.

### How it was made

- **Chalk.** Natural black, red and white chalks. Used together on toned paper they could give the warmth of flesh with very little effort, and they were favourites for studies from life.
- **Pen and ink.** Drawn with a quill or reed pen, often with wash added by brush to model light and shadow.
- **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.

### [Francesco Coghetti](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/francesco-coghetti)

Italian, 1804–1875

## Facts

- Type: Drawing
- The artist was 21
- Real size: about 12 × 9½ in (30 × 24 cm). Closest to life size: the 8 × 10 in print.
- Century: 19th century
- Colour: olive
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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