Thursday, March 31, 2016

Renaissance Engravings by Agostino Veneziano, 16th century

Agostino Veneziano
 Capital - Doric Column
engraving
1528
British Museum

Agostino Veneziano
Capital - Ionic Column
engraving
1528
British Museum

Agostino Veneziano
Capital - Corinthian Column
engraving
1528
British Museum

Agostino Veneziano was an Italian Renaissance printmaker, born in Venice about 1490 and died, probably in Rome, about 1540. He worked with the more famous Marcantonio Raimondi and the school of Raphael until their sophisticated circle was broken up and dispersed by the Sack of Rome in 1527. The prints reproduced here are part of a large and awe-inspiring collection of Veneziano's work at the British Museum.

Agostino Veneziano
Man carrying a column base
engraving
ca. 1515-30
British Museum

Agostino Veneziano
Apollo & Daphne
engraving
1515
British Museum

Agostino Veneziano
Nereid riding Triton
engraving
ca. 1510-30
British Museum

Agostino Veneziano
Satyr carrying Nymph
engraving
ca. 1510-20
British Museum

Agoostino Veneziano
Two terms
engraving
1536
British Museum

Agostino Veneziano
Prudence & Cupid with mirror
engraving
1516
British Museum

Agostino Veneziano
Cleopatra
engraving
ca. 1519-30
British Museum

Agostino Veneziano
Couple
engraving
ca. 1515-30
British Museum

Agostino Veneziano
Ewer with tall handle
engraving
1531
British Museum

Agostino Veneziano
Warrior
engraving
ca. 1515-30
British Museum

Agostino Veneziano
Woman with vase
engraving
ca. 1515-30
British Museum