Pietro Aretino

Pietro Aretino|Marcantonio Raimondi|Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)|Wenceslaus Hollar

1647 · Etching; second state of four (NH) · Drawings and Prints

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.

Artist

Pietro Aretino|Marcantonio Raimondi|Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)|Wenceslaus Hollar

Date

1647

Medium

Etching; second state of four (NH)

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917