Marco Dente
Marco Dente, an engraver of the Italian Renaissance whose prints circulated widely in the decades around 1520, is represented here chiefly through burin work after classical and religious subjects, alongside a single piece of lustered maiolica. The collection gathers thirty-seven sheets, almost all engravings, ranging from 1510 to 1530, with dates that may reflect impressions up to that span. Subjects move between devotional scenes such as the Annunciation and the Virgin reading to the infant Christ, and Old Testament narratives including Noah's Sacrifice and God appearing to Isaac.
37 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
Virgin nursing the infant Christ on her lap
1515–20 · Engraving
The Judgment of Paris (1515–27)
1515–27 · Engraving
Bas-Relief with Three Cupids, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae" (1519, Met-Objekt 5849)
1519 · Engraving
Bas-Relief with Three Cupids, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae" (1519, Met-Objekt 5850)
1519 · Engraving
Bas-Relief with Three Cupids, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae" (1519, Met-Objekt 5851)
1519 · Engraving
Entellus and Dares fighting in front of classical ruins
1520–25 · Engraving
A Triton Carrying off a Nymph, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"
16th century · Engraving
Fortitude (ca. 1510–20)
ca. 1510–20 · Engraving
Saint Joseph at left and a bishop at right standing before the altar of the Virgin and Christ Child
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
The Virgin in profile facing right reading to the infant Christ
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Noah's Sacrifice
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
God appearing to Isaac; God floating in clouds pointing toward Rebecca seated under a tree at left, Isaac kneeling in the center holding a large stick and also pointing to Rebecca
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
The Annunciation (ca. 1515–27)
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Christ standing facing forward, holding a cross with a banner and raising his left hand
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Saint Matthew holding a pouch
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Saint Thomas holding a square rule, his head turned to the right
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Saint Simon standing facing left, holding a saw and a book
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Saint Paul looking to the right and holding a sword and a book
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Eros Escaping by Sea
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Venus removing a thorn from her left foot while seated on a cloth next to trees, a hare lower right
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Eros escaping by sea using his bow to propel a boat made from his quiver with an arrow as the mast and his blindfold as the sail, a banderole above
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Venus removing a thorn from her left foot while seated beside trees and foliage, a hare eating grass before her
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Venus removing a thorn from her left foot while seated on a cloth beside trees and foliage, a hare eating grass before her (ca. 1515–27)
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Venus and Cupid Riding on Sea Monsters (ca. 1515–27, Met-Objekt 5690)
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Venus and Cupid Riding on Sea Monsters (ca. 1515–27, Met-Objekt 5691)
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Juno, Ceres, and Psyche in the Clouds Conversing
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Juno, Ceres, and Psyche in the clouds conversing
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Fortitude (ca. 1515–27)
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Venus and Cupid riding two sea creatures, Cupid raising an arrow with his right hand and two heads representing wind in the clouds above
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Galatea riding in a shell pulled through the water by dolphins, a cupid below and four more above, at left a triton embracing a nymph and behind them a man on horseback blowing a conch, at right a figure blowing a horn and behind him a nymph riding on a centaur
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
The Three Graces, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae" (ca. 1515–27)
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Venus and Cupid riding two sea monsters, Cupid raises an arrow in his right hand, two heads representing wind in the clouds above
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Venus removing a thorn from her left foot while seated on a cloth beside trees and foliage, a hare eating grass before her (ca. 1516)
ca. 1516 · Engraving
Virgin of the Long Thigh
ca. 1518–27 · Engraving
Battle scene in a landscape with soldiers on horseback and several fallen men, another group of riders in the background (ca. 1520, Met-Objekt 5695)
ca. 1520 · Engraving
Battle scene in a landscape with soldiers on horseback and several fallen men, another group of riders in the background (ca. 1520, Met-Objekt 5696)
ca. 1520 · Engraving
Plate with seated woman reading to a child
ca. 1530 · Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), lustered