Saint Vincent, left hand resting on a grill, from "Piccoli Santi" (Small Saints)
ca. 1500–27
Medium
Etching completed with engraving
Dimensions
1 15/16 x 3 1/8 in. (5.0 x 7.9 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
49.97.58
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the intimate world of Renaissance printmaking, Marcantonio Raimondi’s *Saint Vincent, left hand resting on a, from "Piccoli Santi (Small Saints)* captures quiet devotion of early Christian martyrdom. Created around 1500–27, thisutive etching (just under 2 by 3 inches) is part of a series portraying lesser-known saints, with the grill evoking Saint Vincent of Saragossa’s gruesome torture on a gridiron in the 4th century. Raimondi, a master engraver from Bologna, revolutionized the medium by faithfully reproducing designs from Raphael and other High Renaissance artists, making elite art acces...
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...