Alexander de Grote laat de werken van Homerus veilig opbergen

About this artwork

Prent naar ontwerp van Raphael voor grisaille in Stanza della Segnatura, Vaticaan, Rome (tekening in collectie Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).

About the Artist

Marcantonio Raimondi · 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...