Hieronymus Alexander, Archbishop of Brindisi
Medium
engraving
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1972.33.13
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the National Gallery of, where Agostino dei Musi's *Hieronymus Alexander, Archbishop Brindisi* (1536) captures the dignified presence of a prominent 16th-century church leader. Agostino, a skilled Italian engraver active in Venice and Rome, was renowned for his precise reproductions of designs by masters like Raphael and Marcantonio Raim. This portrait reflects the Mannerist style emerging in Renaissance Italy, with its elegant lines and refined detail that elevated printmaking to high art. Engraving, the medium here, involved incising intricate lines into a copper plate, inking it...