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Description: Marcantonio Raimondi (circa 1470/1482 - 1527/1534)
A Triumph (B. 213)
engraving, circa 1510, watermark Crossbow in a Circle, a good impression of this extremely rare, large print, with thread margins, trimmed to the platemark and the subject in places, with a vertical central crease faintly visible recto, a small skinned spot at upper right corner, a stain at the lower left sheet edge, other minor defects mostly at the sheet edges, window mounted, generally in good condition
P., S. 350 x 507 mm.

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Bartsch considers this engraving as one of the rarest prints by the artist.

A pen and ink drawing by Jacopo Ripanda of the exact same subject, in the same direction and of similar size, is in the Louvre in Paris. Both Ripanda and Raimondi came from Bologna and trained in the workshop of Francesco Francia. Landau and Parshall believe that the two artists might have been friends and may have collaborated on the creation of this print: 'In the light of the possible relationship between the two Bolognese artists, and because of the many improvements over the drawing introduced in the print, it is most likely that they discussed the project together, and that the engraving is the result of a genuine collaboration. This Triumph sets a precendent for the radical changes which took place in Roman printmaking during the following twenty years, a revolution in which Marcantonio was to play the role of the protagonist.' (David Landau, Peter Parshall, The Renaissance Print 1470-1550, New Haven & London, 1994, p. 117-118 (ill. 110 & 111).