Saint Anthony of Padua standing, lillies in his raised right hand, a book in his left, from "Piccoli Santi" (Small Saints)
ca. 1500–27
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
3 1/16 x 1 15/16 in. (7.8 x 4.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.97.49
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the intimate engraving *Saint Anthony of Pad standing, lilies in his right hand, a book his left* from the series *Piccoli Santi*Small Saints), Marcant Raimondi masterfully captures the Franciscan saint's serene devotion. Created around 1500–1527, this 3⅛ × 2-inch print (7.8 × 4.9 cm) shows Anthony with lilies—symbols of purity and his miraculous sermon to the fish—in his upraised right hand, and a book, evoking his renowned preaching and patronage of lost things, in his left. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it reflects Renaissance Italy's blend of...
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...