Andrea Schiavone - St. Paul Preaching in Athens
Summary
In Mariette Album, folio 25
Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) (Italian, Zadar (Zara) ca. 1510?–1563 Venice)
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.
Greek myths, art, and architecture have captivated the imaginations of artists since the renaissance.
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Date
1548 - 1552
Source
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Public Domain Dedication (CC0)