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Pietro Aretino

1640
Not on view
Copy of the engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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: 1640
  • Medium: Etching; second state of four (NH)
  • Dimensions: sheet: 8 x 5 7/16 in. (20.3 x 13.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
  • Object Number: 2012.136.633
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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