Luigi Rados (19 October 1773 – 1840) was an Italian engraver.

Life

Rados was born in

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 ...

and educated at the city's academy. He collaborated extensively with the French painter Jean-François Bosio, who worked under the name Giovanni Battista Bosio while in Milan under the French occupation. Rados' plates after Bosio include a portrait of the French viceroy

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(1807) and illustrations for an updated Milanese equivalent of

Carracci The Carracci were a family of Italian artists. Notable members include: * Agostino Carracci (1557–1602), Italian painter and printmaker * Annibale Carracci (1560–1609), Italian Baroque painter and brother of Agostino Carracci * Ludovico Carracc ...

's ''Cries of Bologna'', published under the title of ''I costumi di Milano e suoi circondari''. Rados also engraved many of the portraits drawn by Bosio for the second volume of the ''Serie di vite e ritratti de'famosi personaggi degli ultimi tempi'', a three-volume collection of illustrated biographies published in Milan between 1815 and 1818.Draper 1978

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* * * 1773 births 1840 deaths Italian engravers Artists from Parma {{Italy-engraver-stub