Portræt af Vicenzo II, hertug af Mantova. Brystbillede i oval kartouche, en face. I kartouchen indskriften VINCENTIVS II.D.G. MANTVÆ VII. ET MONTISFER. V. DVX.
Francesco Villamena
1564-1624
Medium
Sølvstift, pen, gråbrunt blæk, gråbrun lavering og sort blæk, forhøjet med hvidt og gulligt h
Classification
Tegning
Department
Den Kongelige Kobberstiksamling
Museum
SMK — National Gallery of Denmark
Credit
SMK — Statens Museum for Kunst
Accession Number
KKSgb12970
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Tegning
About the Artist
Francesco Villamena · 1565–1624
Francesco Villamena (ca. 1565–1624), born in Assisi, emerged as one of the foremost Italian engravers of the late Mannerist era, renowned for his reproductive prints that disseminated the masterpieces of High Renaissance artists across Europe. He studied under the Dutch engraver Cornelis Cort in Rome, where he arrived during the papacy of Sixtus V (1585–1590), honing his technique by copying Cort'...