Man kneeling at the edge of a wood pointing with his right hand towards a shepherd standing in front of him leaning on a staff
Marcantonio Raimondi|Francesco Francia
ca. 1500–1534
Medium
Engraving; only state
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 3/4 × 3 1/16 in. (9.5 × 7.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.55.14
Tags
MenShepherds
About the Artist
Marcantonio Raimondi|Francesco Francia · 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...