Apollo standing at the left, his hand resting on the shoulder of Hyacinthus, Cupid in the lower right

Apollo standing at the left, his hand resting on the shoulder of Hyacinthus, Cupid in the lower right by Marcantonio Raimondi|Francesco Francia

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

11 1/4 x 8 7/8 in. (28.6 x 22.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Felix M. Warburg and his family, 1941

Accession Number

41.1.2

Tags

Male NudesCupidApollo

About the Artist

Marcantonio Raimondi|Francesco Francia · 14751534

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...

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