David onthoofdt Goliath
Marcantonio Raimondi
1520 - 1525
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
264; 392
About this artwork
Deze prent is waarschijnlijk gebaseerde op een modello van Raphael voor het fresco in de Logia te Rome. Drie figuren komen exact overeen met het fresco (Shoemaker 1981, p. 166).
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...