Giovanni Battista de'Cavalieri (1526–1597), an Italian engraver, was born at

Villa Lagarina Villa Lagarina is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino, northern Italy, located about southwest of Trento. Villa Lagarina borders the following municipalities: Cavedine, Cimone, Arco, Drena, Pomarolo, Ronzo-Chienis, Isera, Rovereto and Nogar ...

and died at Rome. His style of engraving resembles that of Aeneas Vico. Many of his plates are copies after the great Italian masters; they are etched, and finished with the graver. He was very laborious, and his plates number nearly 380. The following are those most worthy of notice. *The Frontispiece, and Heads of the Popes, for the ''Vite de' Pontifici''. *Thirty-three plates of the ''Ruins of Rome''; after Dossio. 1579. *Fifty-eight plates of the Ancient statues of Rome ''Antiquarum statuarum urbis Romae''. 1561 *A series of plates entitled ''Beati Apollinaris Martyris primi Ravennatum episcopi Res gestae''; after N. Circignani. 1586. *''Ecclesiae Anglicanae Trophae''; after the same. *''Christ among the Doctors''; supposed to be from his own design. *''The Last Supper''; the same. *''The Image of the Virgin of Loreto''. 1566. *''The House of Loreto, and the Miracles wrought there''. 1569. *''The Jubilee in 1585, with a view of the old Church of St. Peter's''. *''A Sea-fight against the Turks''; for Chacon's ''Historia utriusque Belli Dacici'', 1576. *''The Virgin, called 'Le Silence' ''; after

Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known as Michelangelo (), was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was insp ...

. *''The Dead Christ in the lap of the Virgin''; after the same. *''The Conversion of St. Paul''; after the same. *''The Martyrdom of St. Peter''; after the same. *''The Animals coming out of the Ark''; after

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of works by Raphael, His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of ...

. *''Moses showing the Tables of the Law''; after the same. *''The Miracle of the Loaves''; after the same. *''Christ appearing to St. Peter''; after the same. *''The Battle of Constantino with Maxentius''; after the same. *''The Murder of the Innocents''; after the same. *''Susannah and the Elders''; after Titian. 1586. *''St. John preaching in the Wilderness'': after A. del Sarto. *''The Descent from the Cross''; after

Daniele da Volterra Daniele Ricciarelli (; 15094 April 1566), better known as Daniele da Volterra (, ), was a Mannerist Italian painter and sculptor. He is best remembered for his association with the late Michelangelo. Several of Daniele's most important works ...

. *''The Virgin and Infant in the Clouds''; after

Livio Agresti Livio Agresti (1508–1580), also called Ritius or Ricciutello, was an Italian painter of the late Renaissance or Mannerist period, active both in his native city of Forlì and in Rome, where he died. He was one of the members of the "Forlì paint ...

. *''The Elevation of the Cross''; after the same.

Sources

* * Witcombe, Christopher L. C. E., 2004: ''Copyright in the Renaissance: Prints and the Privilegio in Sixteenth-Century Venice and Rome''. No. 100, ''Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions'' 1526 births 1597 deaths Italian engravers {{Italy-engraver-stub