Cleopatra halfnaakt liggend op bed
Marcantonio Raimondi
1515 - 1527
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
175; 105
About this artwork
height 105 mm x width 175 mm
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...