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Orazio Bruni (born c. 1630) was an Italian engraver of the
Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...
period. He was born at
Siena Siena ( , ; traditionally spelled Sienna in English; ) is a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, and the capital of the province of Siena. It is the twelfth most populated city in the region by number of inhabitants, with a population of 52,991 ...
. He worked entirely with the graver, and appears to have imitated the style of François de Poilly. 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 ...
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''.


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Italian engravers Baroque engravers Artists from Siena 1630s births Year of death unknown {{Italy-engraver-stub