Bartolommeo Coriolano
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Bartolommeo Coriolano (1599-1676) was an Italian engraver of the Baroque period.
He was born in Bologna , the grandson of Cristoforo Coriolano. He was first instructed by his father, but afterwards became a pupil of Guido Reni, where he learned wood-engraving. He usually made use of two blocks for his woodcuts; on one he cut the outline and the dark shadows, like the hatchings of a pen, and on the other block the demi-tinte. He worked at Bologna from 1630 to 1647, and was fond of developing the designs of Guido and Guercino. A set of his prints after Carracci, Guido, and others was dedicated to Urban VIII, who rewarded him with the order of knighthood of Loreto, and a pension.
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- Bryan, Michael (1886). in Robert Edmund Graves: Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I: A-K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons, page 308.
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