Pietro Santi Bartoli
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Pietro Santi Bartoli was an Italian
engraver, draughtsman and painter.
.
He moved to Rome in 1635 as a youth, there he studied painting under Jean Lemaire
and Poussin
, but abandoned it to devote himself entirely to engraving and as an antiquarian for Christina, Queen of Sweden. He engraved many Roman
monuments, publishing in Admiranda Romanorum Antiquitatum (Rome, 1693). About 1660, he excavated the Domus Aurea
, of which he published drawings.
As a draughtsman, Bartoli reproduced the Codice Virgiliano (Rome, Vatican, Bib. Apostolica, Cod. Vat. 3867) in 55 plates (1677; Rome, Calcografia N.), commissioned by Cardinal Camillo Massimo. For Massimo, he also did drawings of ancient Roman paintings and mosaic
s (Glasgow, U. Lib.). Later, he lived in Paris, where he was introduced at the court of Louis XIV
. In 1699, with the engraver Domenico de' Rossi
, he produced Romanae Magnitudinis Monumenta, a later edition of the 1637 Antiquae Urbis Splendor by Giacomo Lauro. Bartoli adapted 138 of Lauro's original plates and engraved 16 new ones.
He died in Rome
. His plates are chiefly etched.
Italy
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engraver, draughtsman and painter.
Biography
Bartoli was born at PerugiaPerugia
Perugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....
.
He moved to Rome in 1635 as a youth, there he studied painting under Jean Lemaire
Jean Lemaire (painter)
Jean Lemaire was a French painter. He is also known as Lemaire-Poussin, due to his frequent close collaborations with Nicolas Poussin...
and Poussin
Nicolas Poussin
Nicolas Poussin was a French painter in the classical style. His work predominantly features clarity, logic, and order, and favors line over color. His work serves as an alternative to the dominant Baroque style of the 17th century...
, but abandoned it to devote himself entirely to engraving and as an antiquarian for Christina, Queen of Sweden. He engraved many Roman
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
monuments, publishing in Admiranda Romanorum Antiquitatum (Rome, 1693). About 1660, he excavated the Domus Aurea
Domus Aurea
The Domus Aurea was a large landscaped portico villa, designed to take advantage of artificially created landscapes built in the heart of Ancient Rome by the Emperor Nero after the Great Fire of Rome had cleared away the aristocratic dwellings on the slopes of the Palatine...
, of which he published drawings.
As a draughtsman, Bartoli reproduced the Codice Virgiliano (Rome, Vatican, Bib. Apostolica, Cod. Vat. 3867) in 55 plates (1677; Rome, Calcografia N.), commissioned by Cardinal Camillo Massimo. For Massimo, he also did drawings of ancient Roman paintings and mosaic
Mosaic
Mosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It may be a technique of decorative art, an aspect of interior decoration, or of cultural and spiritual significance as in a cathedral...
s (Glasgow, U. Lib.). Later, he lived in Paris, where he was introduced at the court of Louis XIV
Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...
. In 1699, with the engraver Domenico de' Rossi
Domenico de' Rossi
Domenico de' Rossi was an Italian sculptor and engraver.In 1709 Domenico inherited the printshop of Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi, by the church of Santa Maria della Pace, the largest and most long-lived publisher of the Roman baroque...
, he produced Romanae Magnitudinis Monumenta, a later edition of the 1637 Antiquae Urbis Splendor by Giacomo Lauro. Bartoli adapted 138 of Lauro's original plates and engraved 16 new ones.
He died in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
. His plates are chiefly etched.
Selected works
Among his works are:- Admiranda Romanarían Antiqvitatum ac veteris Sculptura vestigia; 81 plates.
- Romana magnitudinis Monumenta; 138 plates.
- Veteres arcus Augustorum triumphis insignes; 52 plates.
- Colonna di Marco Aurelio, (Column of Marcus AureliusColumn of Marcus AureliusThe Column of Marcus Aurelius is a Roman victory column in Piazza Colonna, Rome, Italy. It is a Doric column featuring a spiral relief: it was built in honour of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and modeled on Trajan's Column.- Construction :...
) 78 plates. - Colonna Traiana Eretta Dal Senato, E Popolo Romano All'imperatore Traiano (Trajan's ColumnTrajan's ColumnTrajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, which commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate. It is located in Trajan's Forum, built near...
) with Alfonso CiacconiAlphonsus CiacconiusDon Alphonsus [Francisco] Ciacconius was a Spanish Dominican scholar in Rome. His name is also spelt as Alfonso Chacón and Ciacono. Chacón is known mainly for two of his works: Historia utriusque belli dacici a Traiano Caesaregesti , and Vitae, et res gestae pontificum romanorum et S.R.E....
; (1673) 128 plates. - Pitture Antiche Di Roma,E Del Sepolcro De' Nasoni; (1702) 123 plates.
- The Nozze Aldobrandini; (Roman 1st century Aldobrandini Wedding fresco) two sheets.
- Le Pitture antiche delle grotto di Roma; assisted by F. Bartoli; 94 plates, 1680 & 1706.
- Veterum lucernae sepulcrales, collectae ex cavernis et specubus subterraneis, with Alexander Duke and Giovanni Pietro Bellori 1691 & 1704; 119 plates.
- Scenes from the life of St. Peter; after LanfrancoLanfrancoLanfranco may refer to:* Lanfranco, master-builder of the Modena Cathedral* Guido Lanfranc of Milan , professor of Surgery.* Giovanni Lanfranco , Italian painter....
. - Subjects from RaphaelRaphaelRaffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...
's Bible; 42 plates. - Grottesques; after RaphaelRaphaelRaffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...
; inscribed Parerya atque ornamenta in Vaticano; 43 plates. - Antiquissimi Virgiliani Codicis fragmenta et picturae, ex Biblioteca Vaticano;
- Birth of the Virgin; after AlbaniFrancesco AlbaniFrancesco Albani or Albano was an Italian Baroque painter.-Early years in Bologna:Born 1578 in Bologna, his father was a silk merchant who intended to instruct his son in the same trade; but by age twelve, Albani became an apprentice under the competent mannerist painter Denis Calvaert, where he...
. - Virgin and Child in the Clouds; after Ludovico CarracciLudovico CarracciLudovico Carracci was an Italian, early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker born in Bologna....
. - Coriolanus and his Family and San Carlo Borromeo led by an Angel; after Annibale CarracciAnnibale CarracciAnnibale Carracci was an Italian Baroque painter.-Early career:Annibale Carracci was born in Bologna, and in all likelihood first apprenticed within his family...
. - Daniel in the Lions' Den; after Pietro da CortonaPietro da CortonaPietro da Cortona, by the name of Pietro Berrettini, born Pietro Berrettini da Cortona, was the leading Italian Baroque painter of his time and also one of the key architects in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. He was also an important decorator...
. - St. John preaching; after MolaPier Francesco MolaPier Francesco Mola was an Italian painter of the High Baroque, mainly active around Rome.-Biography:Mola was born at Coldrerio . At the age of four, he moved to Rome with his father Giovanni Battista, a painter...
. - Adoration of the Magi; after RaphaelRaphaelRaffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...
; in three sheets. - Jupiter nursed by Amalthea; Jupiter hurling thunderbolts at Giants; Hylas carried off by Nymphs; Sophonisba before Masinissa; Continence of Scipio; after Giulio RomanoGiulio RomanoGiulio Romano was an Italian painter and architect. A pupil of Raphael, his stylistic deviations from high Renaissance classicism help define the 16th-century style known as Mannerism...
. - St. Stephen.
- St. Bernard enchaining the Devil; Theatre erected in St. Peter's for a Canonization; do.
- The sepulchral Monument of Pope Urban VIII .