Tag: engraving

St. Martin (s.d.)

Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) St. Martin s.d. Engraving, 33.1 x 41.8 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton

Erasmus of Rotterdam (1526)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Erasmus of Rotterdam 1526 Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 25.1 × 19.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Albrecht Dürer idolized the learned Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus, famously noting in his diary that Erasmus should take over…

Knight, Death and the Devil (1513)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Knight, Death and the Devil 1513 Burin engraving, 24.6 x 19 cm Petit Palais, Paris Compare: Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Knight, Death and the Devil 1513 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne    

Faust (c.1652)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Faust c.1652 Etching, drypoint, and engraving, 20.8 × 16.03 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Compare: Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Scholar in His Study c.1652 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia    

The Virgin and Child with a Monkey (c.1498)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) The Virgin and Child with a Monkey c.1498 Engraving, 19.05 x 12.07 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Albrecht Dürer’s prints are characterized by nearly ethereal transitions from dark to light. From the fineness of the monkey’s wiry fur…

Battaglia degli dei marini

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Battaglia degli dei marini (Battle of Sea-Gods) s.d. Engraving, 31.75 x 32.07 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Compare: Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Zuffa degli dei marini 1485–1488 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam     Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Zuffa di dei marini c.1470–1475 Princeton University…