Brand in de Borgo
Marcantonio Raimondi
1514 - 1527
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
428; 572
About this artwork
Een brandende stad. Mensen proberen de brand te blussen. Op de achtergrond paus Leo IV die staat te preken tot een menigte.
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...