Canal Grande te Venetië - Engraving, Public domain image
Summary
Gezicht op het Canal Grande te Venetië. Links de San Simeone Piccolo en rechts de Santa Maria di Nazareth (Chiesa degli Scalzi). Figuren op gondels in de voorgrond.
Printmaking in woodcut and engraving came to Northern Italy within a few decades of their invention north of the Alps. Engraving probably came first to Florence in the 1440s, the goldsmith Maso Finiguerra (1426–64) used the technique. Italian engraving caught the very early Renaissance, 1460–1490. Print copying was a widely accepted practice, as well as copying of paintings viewed as images in their own right.
Venice during the peak of its power.
Tags
Date
1800 - 1900
Source
Rijksmuseum
Copyright info
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")