Saint Bernard standing holding an open book, a chained dragon at the lower right, from the series 'Piccoli Santi' (Small Saints)
Marcantonio Raimondi
ca. 1500–1527
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
3 1/4 x 1 15/16 in. (8.2 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, 1957
Accession Number
57.581.47
Tags
BooksInfantsWomenDragonsSaints
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...