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GERRITSZ Hessel
Incisore, cartografo e stampatore olandese, allievo del disegnatore di carte geografiche Willem Jansz Blaeu di dieci anni più vecchio di lui. Ancora giovane si è trasferito ad Amsterdam al seguito del suo maestro, che in quella città aveva aperto la sua bottega....
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GOYA y LUCIENTES Francisco
Fourth of six brothers, Francisco was born in a village near Zaragoza, in a small bourgeois family. His father José was a goldsmith master, while his mother Gracia Lucientes was a “Hidalga”, i.e. belonging to the lowest level of Spanish nobility. With his family he...
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GALESTRUZZI Giovanni Battista
Engraver and Tuscan painter. He did his artistic apprenticeship with the Baroque Florentine Francesco Furini. After moving to Rome, he became a member of the Academy of San Luca, actively participating in the academic life....
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GRIMALDI Giovanni Francesco
Painter, engraver and architect, Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi was named "the Bolognese" after his place of origin. Student of Agostino and Annibale Carracci, he was a highly appreciated artist and his works were sought after by the market....
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GOLTZIUS Hendrick
Dutch painter, engraver and draftsman, born in a village near Brüggen, a German town close to the Dutch border. He was the son of Jan Goltz, a draftsman and stained glass painter, who Latinized his name to 'Goltzius'. After acquiring the first paternal teachings in...
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GALLE Philipp
Galle descends from a Flemish dynasty of engravers and printers. The first was Philipp, born in Haarlem, Holland, but soon moved to Antwerp, perhaps in anticipation of the siege of Haarlem by the Spanish army. He was a pupil of the engraver D.V. Coornhert from...
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GHISI Giorgio
Giorgio Ghisi was an Italian draftsmanr, painter, engraver and ageminator (decorator of arms with gold and silver threads). He was born in Mantua by a family native of Parma. Though there is no news on Ghisi's artistic formation, it is certain that it was under the...
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