Marcantonio Raimondi (1475 - 1534):

POETRY, after Raphael. ca. 1515. Shoemaker 27. Engraving, 177 x 145 mm (6¹⁵/16 x 5¹¹/16”) A fine impression, with a few flaws, laid down on a thin sheet of Japanese tissue. Provenance: Bainoul Collection (in ink on verso). Based on a preliminary drawing for the figure of Poetry in one of the medallions in the vault of the Stanzadella Segnatura. See Innis Shoemaker: The Engravings of Marcantonio Raimondi, Spencer Museum of Art, 1981.

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