Twee gebarende naakte mannen

About this artwork

collector's mark: Lugt 240

Art Historical Context

Step into the intricate world of Renaissance printmaking with *Twee gebarendeakte mannen* (Two Gesturing Naked Men an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi, created between 1510 and 1527. Measuring just 162 mm high by 121 mm wide, this intimate work two nude male figures in dynamic, their gestures alive with expressive energy. Raimondi, a masterful Italian engraver active in Rome, was renowned for his technical precision, often reproducing designs by High Renaissance giants like Raphael. Engraving, Raimondi's chosen medium, involved incising fine lines into a copper plate with a burin, then inkin...

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...