Allegorie van het Leven
Giorgio Ghisi
1561
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
541; 380
About this artwork
blad: hoogte 380 mm (Binnen plaatrand afgesneden.) x breedte 541 mm (Binnen plaatrand afgesneden.)
About the Artist
Giorgio Ghisi · 1520–1582
Giorgio Ghisi (c. 1520–1582) was one of the most accomplished engravers of the Italian Renaissance, renowned for translating the monumental compositions of Raphael, Giulio Romano, and Michelangelo into the exacting medium of the burin. Born in Mantua, he trained in an environment shaped by the legacy of Giulio Romano's decoration of the Palazzo del Te, and the grandeur of that Mannerist tradition ...