Saint Paul and Saint Peter
c. 1545
Medium
Engraving on cream laid paper
Dimensions
37.7 × 23.4 cm (14 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
111861
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Italian mannerist artists such as Rosso Fiorentino (1494-1540) who worked on the painting and stucco decoration of the French royal palace of Fontainebleau established a courtly style of attenuated elegance and refinement in the period 1530-60. The achievements of this so-called first school of Fontainebleau were documented and disseminated by prints, sometimes by the masters themselves. This rich engraving is based on a now-lost drawing by Fiorentino of about 1530/32, perhaps for a sculptural r...
About the Artist
René Boyvin · 1525–1580
French, Angers ca. 1525–1598 or 1625/6 Angers