LC control no. | no2023059166 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Graffico, Camillo, approximately 1565-1615 |
Variant(s) | Grafico, Camillo, approximately 1565-1615 |
Biography/History note | Camillo Graffico (approximately 1565-1615) was an Italian engraver active particularly in Rome, who was known for book illustration and for copies of paintings and engravings by prominent Italian painters. During his lifetime he was famous for the silver, copper, and brass fountains he made for the aristocracy. |
Associated country | Italy |
Located | Rome (Italy) |
Birth date | 1565~ |
Death date | 1615 |
Place of birth | Cividale del Friuli (Italy) |
Field of activity | Art Engraving |
Special note | Data contributed by the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
Found in | AAP1523 (online via HMML), viewed on May 22, 2023 (Camillo grafico fe.; engraver of S. Eustachius) <https://w3id.org/vhmml/museum/view/4657> Evelyn Lincoln, "The Studio Inventory of Camillo Graffico, Engraver and Fountaineer," Print Quarterly, 2012: vol. 29, no. 3, p. 259 (born Cividale del Friuli in ca. 1565, died 1615; engraver active in Rome in the late 1580s; known during his lifetime for silver, copper, and brass fountains he made for court entertainment) <https://www.jstor.org/stable/43826289.> |