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| Agostino Veneziano Candelabrum base with acanthus leaves ca. 1530-35 engraving British Museum |
According to that useful handbook European Art of the Sixteenth Century by Stefano Zuffi (published in English translation by the Getty Museum in 2005) engraving rose to prominence during this period "... because of its versatility, technical innovations, and the work of great masters." The cheapness of production and ease of distribution also made their own pragmatic capitalist arguments in favor of these black-and-white mass-produced line-pictures.
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| Giacomo Lauro Statue of a warrior in a niche 1585 engraving Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Marco Dente Massacre of the Innocents ca. 1520-27 engraving Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Marco Dente Fortitude ca. 1519-20 engraving Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| attributed to Marco Dente God the Father blessing Noah and his family after the Flood ca. 1515-26 engraving Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Marco Dente The antique bronze displayed in Rome and known as the Spinario ca. 1515-27 engraving Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Diana Scultori The antique bronze displayed in Rome and known as the Spinario 1581 engraving Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Agostino dei Musi Child riding a sea monster in a niche ca. 1520-50 engraving Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| Giovanni Antonio da Brescia Neptune quelling the winds ca. 1516 engraving Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Giulio Bonasone Nymphs and Sea Gods at table 1550s engraving Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Giulio Bonasone Hercules fighting a Dragon ca. 1570 engraving Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Domenico del Barbiere after Rosso Fiorentino Personification of Glory 1540s engraving British Museum |
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| Antonio Fantuzzi Antique statue of draped woman ca. 1544 etching British Museum |
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| Monogrammist FP Virtue triumphant over Vice 16th century engraving Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |