A statue of Apollo, naked standing in a niche, holding a lyre in his left hand and leaning on a tree trunk

Art Historical Context

Behold the graceful engraving *A Statue of Apollo, Naked Standing in aiche, Holding a Ly in His Left Hand and Leaning on a Tree*, a masterful collaboration between High Renaissance genius Raphael (Raffaellozio) and engraver Marcantonio Raim, created between 1512 and 1515. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department as part of The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, this intimate print measures just 8 11/16 x 4 1/4 inches, yet captures monumental classical poise. Raimondi, renowned for translating Raphael's fluid designs into precise engravings, incised fine lines into ...

About the Artist

Marcantonio Raimondi|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · 1475–1534

Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480–1534), born near Bologna, Italy, emerged as one of the Renaissance's premier engravers, revolutionizing printmaking through his mastery of reproductive techniques. He trained in the workshop of the goldsmith, painter, and niellist Francesco Francia, whose influence is evident in his early engravings, such as the goldsmith-like shading in *Pyramus and Thisbe* (1505), h...