Orpheus speelt op viola voordat Eurydice naar onderwereld gaat

About this artwork

Waarschijnljk heeft Raimondi zich gebaseerd op werk van verschillende kunstenaars en de ontleende details samengevoegd tot een eigen compositie (Shoemaker 1981, p. 86).

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...