Resurrection

Art Historical Context

Luca Cambiaso’s *Resurrection*, a delicate 16th-century drawing now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, captures the moment of Christ’s triumph over death. Rendered on a modest sheet measuring just over thirteen by nine inches, the work presents the risen Christ surrounded by awestruck figures, emphasizing both divine radiance and human wonder. Created during the height of the Italian Renaissance, the drawing reflects the period’s deep engagement with biblical narrative as a source of spiritual and artistic inspiration. Cambiaso, a Genoese artist celebrated for his inventive draftsmanship, oft...

About the Artist

Luca Cambiaso · 1527–1585

Luca Cambiaso (1527–1585) was an Italian painter and draftsman who dominated artistic life in Genoa during the second half of the sixteenth century and became one of the most innovative draftsmen of the Late Renaissance. Born in Moneglia near Genoa, he trained under his father, the painter Giovanni Cambiaso, and demonstrated precocious talent, reportedly completing his first public fresco commissi...