David met hoofd van Goliath

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Art Historical Context

Behold *David met hoofd van Goliath* (David with the Head of Goliath a masterful engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi, created between 1513 and 1518. This intimate work, measuring just 113mm by 81mm, the biblical hero in a moment of triumph, clutching the severed head of the Philistine giant. Raimondi, a pioneering Italian engraver of the High Renaissance, was renowned for his collaborations with Raphael, translating grand paintings into precise prints that brought elite art to wider audiences. Engraving, Raimondi's specialty, involved incising fine lines into a copper plate with a burin, allowi...

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...