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Diana Scultori (Mantovana) , engraver
Italian, 1535 - 1587
The Snake Charmer, after the drawing by Giulio Romano for a fresco in the Sala dei Venti, Palazzo del Te, Mantua, circa 1570 - 1580
Engraving
22.4 x 30.1 cm (image)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Sopher Collection 1985.1.469

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after, Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi)

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Artist Biography: Engraver, born in Mantua, died in Rome. sometimes called Diana Ghisi. Daughter of sculptor/engraverGiovanni Battista Scultori and sister of engraver/printer/publisher Adamo Scultori. Worked and lived in Rome and Volterra. Married to Francesco Capriani da Volterra, and after his death in 1594 to Giulio Pelosi, both architects. Many of her plates are in the Calcografia Nazionale di Roma.~~Reference: Bartsch, Adam von. Le Peintre-graveur. W¸rzburg: 1920.~Boorsch, Suzanne, and J. T. Spike. Italian Artists of the Sixteenth Century. The Illustrated Bartsch, Vol. 31. New York:1986. Abaris Books.~Bellini, Paolo. L'Opera incisa di Adamo e Diana Scultori. Vicenza: 1991.~Pagani, Valeria. "Adamo Scultori and Diana Mantuana". Print Quarterly IX:1 (March 1992), pp. 72-87.~D'Arco, Carlo. Di cinque valenti incisore mantovani. Mantua: 1840~Massari, Stefania. Incisori mantovani del '500. Roma: 1981.~

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