Twee prostituées en een oude koppelaarster, gekleed volgens de Venetiaanse mode ca. 1580
Summary
Prent nr. 6 uit album 'Dei veri ritratti degl'habiti di tvtte le parti del mondo intagliati in rame per opra di Bartolomeo Grassi', 1585.
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.
Venice during the peak of its power.
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Date
1585
Source
Rijksmuseum
Copyright info
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")