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Adam,
1505–09
after Albrecht Dürer, 1471–1528; born and died Nuremberg, Germany; active Venice, Italy, and Nuremburg
One of the most celebrated Italian Renaissance printmakers, Raimondi carefully studied ancient sculpture and Dürer’s prints. In this sketch after Dürer’s 1504 engraving of Adam and Eve, Raimondi altered the proportions and stance of the athletic Adam while creatively converting him into a classical and handless statue.
During his stay in Venice in 1506, Dürer famously took Raimondi to court for copying some of his religious woodcuts as engravings and appropriating his monogram—thus initiating one of the first documented disputes over intellectual property. The court ruled that although Raimondi could continue to make copies of Dürer’s prints, Dürer had exclusive copyright to his monogram.
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1505–09
Victor Litta, Milan;
Carlo Prayer [Lugt 2044].
Frank Jewett Mather Jr.[Lugt 1853a];
Gift to the Princeton University Art Museum
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