Dioscuren, Rome - Engraving, Public domain image
Summary
Twee standbeelden van de Dioscuren (Castor en Pollux), twee naakte mannen met paarden. Voorheen geïnterpreteerd als de kunstenaars Pheidias en Praxiteles. De beelden staan op het Piazza del Quirinale in Rome.
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.
Date
1525 - 1562
Location
Source
Rijksmuseum
Copyright info
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")