Orazio de Santis, also known as L'Aquilano (active 1568–1577), was an Italian engraver of the

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period. He was probably born in

L'Aquila L'Aquila ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy. It is the capital city of both the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 70,967 inhabitants. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valle ...

. He made prints based on designs of

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. He also produced 74 plates of antique statues in

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, the joint work of Santis and Cherubino Alberti, published in 1584.

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Art Institute Chicago: Orazio de SantisMetropolitan Museum of ArtCreatinilandriani.it: De Santis Orazio (detto L'Aquilano) – ''Sacra familia'' (accessed 2 April 2022)
People from the Province of L'Aquila Italian engravers Renaissance artists Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown 16th-century engravers 16th-century Italian artists {{Italy-engraver-stub

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