Giovanni Battista de'Cavalieri
Giovanni Battista de'Cavalieri (1526–1597), an Italian engraver, was born at Villa Lagarina and died at Rome. His style of engraving resembles that of . Many of his plates are copies after the great Italian masters; they are etched, and finished with the graver. He was very laborious, and his plates number nearly 380. The following are those most worthy of notice.
- The Frontispiece, and Heads of the Popes, for the Vite de' Pontifici.
- Thirty-three plates of the Ruins of Rome; after Dossio. 1579.
- Fifty-eight plates of the Ancient statues of Rome Antiquarum statuarum urbis Romae. 1561
- A series of plates entitled Beati Apollinaris Martyris primi Ravennatum episcopi Res gestae; after N. Circignani. 1586.
- Ecclesiae Anglicanae Trophae; after the same.
- Christ among the Doctors; supposed to be from his own design.
- The Last Supper; the same.
- The Image of the Virgin of Loreto. 1566.
- The House of Loreto, and the Miracles wrought there. 1569.
- The Jubilee in 1585, with a view of the old Church of St. Peter's.
- A Sea-fight against the Turks; for Chacon's Historia utriusque Belli Dacici, 1576.
- The Virgin, called 'Le Silence' ; after Michelangelo.
- The Dead Christ in the lap of the Virgin; after the same.
- The Conversion of St. Paul; after the same.
- The Martyrdom of St. Peter; after the same.
- The Animals coming out of the Ark; after Raphael.
- Moses showing the Tables of the Law; after the same.
- The Miracle of the Loaves; after the same.
- Christ appearing to St. Peter; after the same.
- The Battle of Constantino with Maxentius; after the same.
- The Murder of the Innocents; after the same.
- Susannah and the Elders; after Titian. 1586.
- St. John preaching in the Wilderness: after A. del Sarto.
- The Descent from the Cross; after Daniele da Volterra.
- The Virgin and Infant in the Clouds; after Livio Agresti.
- The Elevation of the Cross; after the same.
References[]
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Cavalleriis, Giovanni Battista de". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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