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The Archbishop of Brindisi

Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)

1536

The Archbishop of Brindisi by Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

13 1/8 x 8 13/16 in. (33.3 x 22.4 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

49.97.175

Art Historical Context

### The Archbishop of Brindisi Step into the world of Renaissance printmaking with *The Archbishop of Brindisi a striking 1536 engraving by Agost Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi), now housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Drawings and Prints. Measuring 13 1/8 x 8 13/16 inches (33.3 x 22.4 cm), this from The Elisha Whittelsey Collection exemplifiesiano's skill as a leading Italian engraver of the early 16th century. in Venice and Rome, he was celebrated for his precise reproductions of designs by Renaissance masters, bridging painting and print. Engraving, the medium here, involved incising fi...

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