Apostel Bartolomeüs met mes

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collector's mark: Lugt 12

Art Historical Context

Behold the intricate engraving *Apostel Bartolome met mes* (Apostle Bartholomew with), created by the masterful Italian engraver Marcantonio Raimondi between1517 and 1527. This diminutive work, measuring just 82 mm by 48 mm wide, captures saint traditionally martyred by flaying, symbolized by the knife he holds—a poignant emblem of his gruesome fate in Christian lore. Raim, a pivotal figure in the High Renaissance was renowned for his reproductive prints that disseminated the grand designs of Raphael and Michelangelo to a wider audience across Europe. Engraving as a medium revolutionized art ...

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...