Circle of Marcantonio Raimond's engraving, “St Matthew”, 1518-1520, after Agostino Veneziano

Unidentified artist from the circle of Marcantonio Raimondi (1470/1482–1527/1534)

“St Matthew”, 1518-1520, from the series of four plates, “The Evangelists”, copy in reverse after Agostino Veneziano (aka Agostino dei Musi) (fl.1509–36), after Giulio Romano (1499-1546).

Engraving on fine laid paper trimmed along the image borderline and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 24.8 x 17.9 cm

Inscribed on plate: (lower left on cloud) “A.V.”; (on banderole held by an angel at right) “in principio erat verbon/ er vebon apud deu”.

State ii (of ii) with the addition of the artist’s monogram (“A.V.”)

TIB 26 (14). 04A-I (Walter L Strauss, ed. 1979, “The Illustrated Bartsch”, vol. 26, p. 126); Bartsch 95-copie, 2 (2).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print;

“St Matthew seated on a cloud taking a[n] ink pot and quill held by an angel; after Giulio Romano”

(https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1535150&partId=1&searchText=Veneziano+Matthew&page=1)

See also the description of this print at the Rijksmuseum:

http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.collect.157206

Condition: crisp impression in excellent condition apart from a light stain on the lower right cloud. The sheet is trimmed at the image borderline and laid onto a support sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper.

I am selling this Renaissance period engraved copy in reverse of Agostino Veneziano’s engraving (after Giulio Romano) for AU$345 (currently US$248.31/EUR220.87/GBP192.44 at the time of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world.

If you are interested in purchasing this visually arresting engraving, 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