Dispuut over het Heilige Sacrament (rechter deel)
1552
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
519; 446
About this artwork
height 519 mm x width 446 mm
Art Historical Context
Giorgio Ghisi's *Dispuut over het Heilige Sacrament (re deel)*, created in 1552, is the right section of a monumental engraving that faithfully reproduces Raphael's iconic fresco *The Disputation of the Holy* from the Vatican’s Stanza della Segn. This High Renaissance masterpiece, painted around 1510, depicts a theological debate on the Eucharist, with heavenly figures above and earthly scholars below, symbolizing harmony of faith and reason. Ghisi a masterful Italian engraver active in the Mannerist era, captured the composition's grandeur in intricate detail on a large sheet measuring 519 mm...
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 ...