Heilige Antonius van Padua met lelie en hart

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collector's mark: Lugt 12

Art Historical Context

**Heilige Antonius vanua met lelie en hart** *Marcantonio Raimondi,. 1500–1527, Engraving, 82 × 52 mm* This intimate engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi captures Saint Anthony of Padua a beloved 13th-century Franciscan friar revered for his eloquence and miracles. Depicted with a lily—symbolizing purity—and a heart, evoking his legendary devotion or the miracle of a beating heart proving faith, the image reflects Renaissance devotion to popular saints. Raimondi, a pioneering Italian engraver active in Rome during the High Renaissance, masterfully rendered these attributes with fine lines, mak...

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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...