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Hollar here created his own etching of an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi after a painting by Titian. The sitter is described in the engraved text as a Tuscan poet. He lived in Rome and Venice, became known for his satires criticizing powerful men. A significant influence on sixteenth-century Italian art and politics, he ruthlessly using blackmail to achieve wealth.
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Title: Pietro Aretino
Etcher:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist:
After Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini (?) ca. 1480–before 1534 Bologna (?))
Artist:
After Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90?–1576 Venice)
Sitter:
Pietro Aretino (Italian, 1492-1556)
Date: 1647
Medium: Etching; second state of four (NH)
Dimensions:
image: 7 3/8 x 5 1/4 in. (18.7 x 13.3 cm)
sheet: 8 x 5 3/8 in. (20.3 x 13.7 cm) cut within platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.3.756-1357
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