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| Agostino Veneziano after Marcantonio Raimondi Venus and Cupid engraving ca. 1515-30 British Museum |
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| Agostino Veneziano after Raphael Recumbent River God engraving ca. 1510-20 British Museum |
"Now the name of Marcantonio [Raimondi] having grown very great, and the art of engraving having come into credit and repute, many disciples had placed themselves under him in order to learn it. And of their number, two who made great proficience were Marco da Ravenna and Agostino Veneziano. These two engraved and printed many designs by Raphael."
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"After the death of Raphael, Marco and Agostino separated, and Agostino was retained by Baccio Bandinelli, the Florentine sculptor, who caused him to engrave after his design an anatomical figure that he had formed out of lean bodies and dead men's bones; and then a Cleopatra. Both these were held to be very good plates. Wherupon, growing in courage, Baccio drew, and caused Agostino to engrave, a large plate – one of the largest, indeed that had ever been engraved up to that time – full of women clothed, and of naked men who are slaughtering the little innocents by command of King Herod."
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"Now Agostino Veneziano, of whom we have already spoken, came to Florence, after the circumstances described above with the intention of attaching himself to Andrea del Sarto, who was held to be about the best painter in Italy after Raphael. And so Andrea, persuaded by this Agostino to have his work engraved, made a drawing of the Dead Christ supported by three Angels; but since the attempt did not succeed exactly according to his fancy, he would never again allow any work of his to be engraved. After his death, however, certain persons published engravings of the Visitation of St. Elizabeth and of the Baptism of the people by St. John, taken from the work in chiaroscuro that Andrea painted in the Scalzo at Florence."
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"Marco da Ravenna, likewise, in addition to the works already mentioned, which he executed in company with Agostino, also engraved many others by himself. Many others, also, have there been after these, who have worked very well at engraving, and have brought it about that every country has been able to see and enjoy the honored labors of the most excellent masters."
– passages relating to pioneer engraver Agostino Veneziano (ca. 1490-ca. 1540) from Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects (1568)
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| Agostino Veneziano after Marco da Ravenna Venus and Cupid on dolphins engraving ca. 1515-20 British Museum |
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| Agostino Veneziano Allegorical scene with Venus and Eros engraving ca. 1516-20 British Museum |
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| Agostino Veneziano after Raphael and Giulio Romano Venus and Vulcan with Cupid engraving 1530 British Museum |
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| Agostino Veneziano after Raphael St Michael and Demon engraving ca. 1518-27 British Museum |
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| Agostino Veneziano after Raphael Death of Cleopatra with Cupid weeping engraving 1528 British Museum after Vatican marble Cleopatra/Ariadne |
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| Agostino Veneziano Two old philosophers with books, disputing engraving ca. 1515-30 British Museum |
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| Agostino Veneziano Seated woman with vase engraving ca. 1515-30 British Museum |
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| attributed to Agostino Veneziano Seated man on rock engraving ca. 1515-30 British Museum |
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| Agostino Veneziano Standing woman with vase engraving ca. 1515-30 British Museum |
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| attributed to Agostino Veneziano Seated man with lyre ca. 1515-30 engraving British Museum |
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| Agostino Veneziano Leda and the swan engraving ca. 1510-30 British Museum |
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| Agostino Veneziano Lo Stregozzo (Witches' Procession) engraving ca. 1515-25 British Museum |