Rinaldo Robbed, Standing in front of the Widow's House, from The Decameron
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 3/4 × 2 7/8 in. (7 × 7.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.2813
Tags
MenWomen
About the Artist
Hans Schäufelein|Giovanni Boccaccio|Heinrich Steiner · 1480–1540
Hans Schäufelein (c. 1480–c. 1540) was a German painter and graphic artist of the Northern Renaissance whose career placed him at the heart of one of the most dynamic artistic environments in European history. As a young man, he entered the workshop of Albrecht Dürer in Nuremberg, an experience that proved decisive: Dürer's meticulous approach to draughtsmanship, his mastery of printmaking, and hi...