RM2A2HXHY–Virgin and Child with Saint John, 1575, Diana Scultori (Italian, c. 1536-c. 1590), after Raffaellino da Reggio (Italian, 1550-1578), Italy, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 275 x 204 mm (plate/sheet
RM2G1335E–Diana Scultori. Virgin and Child with Saint John - 1575 - Diana Scultori (Italian, c. 1536-c. 1590) after Raffaellino da Reggio (Italian, 1550-1578).
RM2AHTXKA–Diana Scultori. Virgin and Child with Saint John. 1570–1600. Italy. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper Diana Mantuano was the only female Renaissance engraver to sign her prints, as well as the only one to be mentioned by Giorgio Vasari in his 1568 Lives of the Artists. Born into an artist family, she learned printmaking by copying the paintings and prints of other artists, including her father, Giovanni Battista Mantuano. She made this engraving in Rome the same year she moved there and received a papal privilege protecting her prints from copyists. Her plates were evidently deemed valuab
