The Holy Trinity 1495 - 1532

"The Holy Trinity" is a 16th-century engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi, one of the most celebrated printmakers of the Italian Renaissance. This small-scale work, housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, depicts the Holy Trinity in a traditional format: God the Father, seated on a throne, holding a cross on which Christ is crucified, with the Holy Spirit depicted as a dove descending from above. Raimondi's masterful use of line and shading imbues the image with a sense of depth and realism, typical of High Renaissance style.