1517
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Giovanni Filoteo Achillini is a 1517 ink by Marcantonio Raimondi, a Renaissance work, depicting Lute, held at National Gallery of Art.
Three muscular men stand in a rocky cave. One twists away, arms raised. The others push forward, faces sharp with effort. This engraving copies a lost drawing by a Bolognese poet. The lines are crisp and deep, made with a burin. The scene feels alive because the cross-hatching builds up shadow and muscle. See how the light picks out skin and stone? It looks almost three-dimensional.
Marcantonio Raimondi, often called simply Marcantonio (c. 1470/82 – c. 1534), was an Italian engraver, known for being the first important printmaker whose body of work consists largely of prints copying paintings. He…
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