Elisabetta, nome secolare di suor Isabella Piccini è nata nel 1644 a Venezia da una famiglia di incisori veneziani. Suo padre Jacopo (attivo fino al 1660) e suo zio Guglielmo (?) traducevano su rame opere di Tiziano e di Rubens lavorando anche come illustratori per...
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Italian architect and engraver, son of the great engraver Giovanni Battista Piranesi and Angela Pasquini, daughter of the gardener of Prince Corsini. From his father he learnt the art of engraving and, as soon as he reached the right age, he worked like other workshop helpers,...
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Venetian engraver, draftsman and architect. Son of Angelo, a Venetian stone-cutter, and Maria Lucchesi. He was introduced to the study of ancient literature and history by his brother Angelo, Carthusian monk and by his uncle Matteo Lucchesi, Magistrate of the Waters of the Venice's republic....
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French engraver and miniator, Etienne's son was nicknamed ' le Romain', for staying long time in Rome. Bernard Picart was one of the most prolific and talented engravers of his time, educated in the art of chalcography by his father and by Benoît Audran, a member...
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Pittore e incisore italiano formatosi prima nell’ambiente artistico del barocco genovese, presso gli studi dei pittori Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari e Domenico Fiasella. In giovane età si è trasferito a Roma (la data non è nota ma secondo alcune fonti risulta fosse il 1636) dove si...
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