Seated old shepard gesturing towards the sky and speaking to nude male surrounded by tools of measurement
Medium
Engraving; second state of two
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (7.5 × 5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
Accession Number
63.579.3
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite engraving, titled *Seated Old Shepherd Gesturing Towards the Sky and to Nude Male Surrounded by Tools of Measurement*, is a masterful collaboration between the High Renaissance Raphael (Raffaellozio da Urbino) and engraver Marcantonio Raim. Created around 1500–1534, it represents the second state of two impressions from a tiny sheet (just 2 15/16 × 1 15/16 inches), the precision of Renaissance printmaking. Raimondi, a leading engraver of his time, faithfully reproduced Raphael's designs, making the master's compositions accessible beyond paintings and drawings. The intimate sce...
About the Artist
Marcantonio Raimondi|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · 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...