Prints and Principles

Most of the recent posts give details about individual prints and earlier posts discuss some of the subtle principles guiding artists in making images meaningful and memorable. For prints that are unsold, click "Items still available for sale" below. All other prints are no longer available. My contact email is oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com and my Instagram username is @printsandprinciples. I have created a separate blog to show my own work: https://printsandprinciplesjamesbrown.blogspot.com

Tuesday, 28 January 2025

School of Marcantonio Raimondi, “St Mark”, c.1519, after Agostino Veneziano

Unidentified printmaker from the School of Marcantonio Raimondi (1470/1482–1527/1534)

“St Mark”, c.1519 (1518–1520), engraving in reverse after Agostino Veneziano (aka Agostino dei Musi) (fl.1509–36) and after Giulio Romano (1499–1546), from the series, “The Evangelists”.

Engraving on laid paper trimmed along the platemark.

Size: (sheet) 25.1 x 18.3 cm; (image borderline) 24.6 x 17.5 cm.

Inscribed in plate: (on cloud at left) “A^.V^.”.

TIB 26.94A-1 (Konrad Oberhuber [ed.] 1978, “The Illustrated Bartsch: The Works of Marcantonio Raimondi and of His School”, vol. 26, New York, Abaris Books, p. 126, cat. no. 94A-1); Bartsch XIV.83.94.

The British Museum offers the following description of this print: “St Mark, sitting within a penumbra of light, on the back of a winged lion atop a cloud, reading a scroll; after Giulio Romano” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1873-0809-732 [inv. 1873,0809.732]).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression, trimmed along the platemark with a narrow margin around the image borderline. Beyond a few minor spots of foxing, the sheet is in an excellent condition for its considerable age with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this Renaissance period engraving that is in the reverse direction to Agostino Veneziano’s engraving and, in turn, after the original design by Giulio Romano, for AU $502 in total (currently US $313.20/ EUR 300.17/ GBP 251.68 at the time of posting this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU $502) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this superb engraving from the School of Marcantonio Raimondi, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This print has been sold