Saint Thomas holding a square rule, his head turned to the right
Summary
Verso not visible as the print is laid to another sheet of paper.
Marco Dente (Italian, Ravenna, active by 1515–died 1527 Rome)
Printmaking in woodcut and engraving came to Northern Italy within a few decades of their invention north of the Alps. Engraving probably came first to Florence in the 1440s, the goldsmith Maso Finiguerra (1426–64) used the technique. Italian engraving caught the very early Renaissance, 1460–1490. Print copying was a widely accepted practice, as well as copying of paintings viewed as images in their own right.
Tags
Date
1520 - 1600
Source
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Copyright info
Public Domain Dedication (CC0)