Portrait of Marcantonio Raimondi
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Portrait of Marcantonio Raimondi is a 1850 by Nicolas Auguste Leisnier, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a man with a serious expression. He’s wearing a black hat, a white collar, and a dark doublet. The background is plain, and the edges of the print have decorative swirls. The name “Marc-Antoine Raimondi” is printed below the portrait. The print was made in the 1800s by Nicolas Auguste Leisnier. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more prints like this.
This 1850 print on paper depicts Marcantonio Raimondi, a noted engraver, based on a composition attributed to Raphael.
Read the full account in the museum source.
This 19th-century French painter once gave up portraiture after a subject complained his likeness made them look "too awake." He only returned to brushes when a friend bet he couldn’t capture a sleeping child without a single line of the face.
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