Orazio Bruni (born c. 1630) was an Italian engraver of the
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
period. He was born at
Siena
Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.
The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...
. He worked entirely with the graver, and appears to have imitated the style of
François de Poilly
François Poilly, or François de Poilly, (1623Born in 1622 or 1623 according to the sources. –1693) was a French engraver.
Biography
He was born in Abbeville, the son of a goldsmith who gave him his first drawing lessons. He was apprenticed ...
. He engraved plates from his own designs and others from
Rutilio Manetti
Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti (c. 1571 – 22 July 1639) was an Italian painter of late-Mannerism or proto-Baroque, active mainly in Siena.
Biography
He was influenced and/or taught by the local artists Francesco Vanni and Ventura Salimbeni. He is k ...
and others. Among his plates are ''The Prodigal Son'', ''The Golden Age'', A set of the ''Four Seasons'', A set of various Animals, a ''Warrior'', and a ''Female in a Triumphal Car, with Minerva presenting a Sceptre''.
References
Italian engravers
Baroque engravers
People from Siena
1630 births
Year of death unknown
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