Mars en Venus als liefdespaar met Amor
Marcantonio Raimondi
1508-12-16
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
211; 300
About this artwork
Mars en Venus als liefdespaar. Amor heeft Mars ontdaan van zijn wapenrusting. Hij duwt Venus richting Mars.
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...