De liefdes van de goden

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Art Historical Context

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio’s engraving *De liefdes van de goden* captures the Renaissance fascination with classical mythology. Created between 1515 and 1565, this intimate print (215 × 139 mm) translates the amorous adventures of gods and mortals into finely incised lines on copper. Caraglio, an Italian engraver active in Rome and later at European courts, specialized in reproducing designs by leading painters such as Rosso Fiorentino, allowing mythological narratives to reach a wider audience beyond the walls of palaces. Engraving was prized in the sixteenth century for its precision and repr...

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Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio · 1500–1565

Italian, Parma or Verona ca. 1500/1505–1565 Krakow (?)