Alexander the Great commanding that the work of Homer be placed in the tomb of Achilles
Marcantonio Raimondi
ca. 1500–1534
Medium
Engraving; first state of two
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 15 11/16 in. (25.1 × 39.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession Number
17.50.16-5
Tags
TombsAlexander The GreatHomer
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...