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The philosopher Diogenes and the allegory of astronomy

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Allegorical print showing a seated man thinking and another figure looking at a globe.

Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photographs Division. Washington : Library of Congress, 1979, pp. 24-28.

After Parmigianino (1503-1540).

Print originally part of Pembroke album, no. 35.

Graphic sampler, p. 26, no. 35

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.

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diogenes approximately 323 c philosophers thinking astronomy allegorical prints chiaroscuro woodcuts color philosopher philosopher diogenes allegory 1530 prints 16th century fine prints parmigianino antonio da trento ultra high resolution high resolution public domain art engraving italy art work artwork history man late renaissance mannerism library of congress
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01/01/1530
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Trento, Antonio da, approximately 1508-approximately 1550, artist
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Set of random Italian prints from NYPL collection
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diogenes approximately 323 c philosophers thinking astronomy allegorical prints chiaroscuro woodcuts color philosopher philosopher diogenes allegory 1530 prints 16th century fine prints parmigianino antonio da trento ultra high resolution high resolution public domain art engraving italy art work artwork history man late renaissance mannerism library of congress