Paulus predikt in Athene
Marcantonio Raimondi
1517 - 1520
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
267; 353
About this artwork
Paulus predikt in Athene voor de areopagus, het hoogste Atheense gerechtscollege. Op de voorgrond bekeert Dionysius de Areopagiet zich tot het christendom.
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...