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Pietro Santi Bartoli (also Sante or Santo; 1635 - November 7, 1700) was an Italian engraver, draughtsman and painter.
Bartoli was born at Perugia.
Bartoli moved to Roma in 1635 as a youth, there he studied painting under Jean Lemaire and Poussin, but abandoned it to devote himself entirely to engraving and as an antiquarian for Christina, Queen of Sweden.
Bartoli engraved many Roman monuments, publishing in
Bartoli engraved many Roman monuments, publishing in
ADMIRANDA ROMANORVUM ANTIQVITATVM
(Rome, 1693).
About 1660, Bartoli excavated the Domus Aurea, of which he published drawings.
About 1660, Bartoli excavated the Domus Aurea, of which he published drawings.
As a draughtsman, Bartoli reproduced the
Codice Virgiliano
(Rome, Vatican, Bib. Apostolica, Cod. Vat. 3867) in 55 plates
(1677; Rome, Calcografia N.),
commissioned by Camillo Massimo.
For Massimo, Bartoli also did drawings of ancient Roman paintings and mosaics (Glasgow, U. Lib.).
Later, Bartoli lived in Paris, where he was introduced at the court of Louis XIV.
In 1699, with the engraver Domenico de' Rossi, he produced
Codice Virgiliano
(Rome, Vatican, Bib. Apostolica, Cod. Vat. 3867) in 55 plates
(1677; Rome, Calcografia N.),
commissioned by Camillo Massimo.
For Massimo, Bartoli also did drawings of ancient Roman paintings and mosaics (Glasgow, U. Lib.).
Later, Bartoli lived in Paris, where he was introduced at the court of Louis XIV.
In 1699, with the engraver Domenico de' Rossi, he produced
ROMANAE MAGNITVDINIS MONVMENTA
-- a later edition of the 1637
ANTIQVAE VRBIS SPLENDOR
by Giacomo Lauro.
Bartoli adapted 138 of Lauro's original plates and engraved 16 new ones.
Bartoli died in Rome.
Bartoli's plates are chiefly etched.
Bartoli died in Rome.
Bartoli's plates are chiefly etched.
Among his works are:
Admiranda Romanarían Antiqvitatum ac veteris Sculptura vestigia
81 plates.
81 plates.
Romana magnitudinis Monumenta
138 plates.
138 plates.
Veteres arcus Augustorum triumphis insignes
52 plates.
La Colonna di Marco Aurelio
78 plates.
La Colonna Traiana Eretta Dal Senato,
E Popolo Romano All'imperatore Traiano
with Alfonso Ciacconi; (1673)
128 plates.
Pitture Antiche Di Roma E Del Sepolcro De' Nasoni
(1702)
123 plates.
(1702)
123 plates.
Le Pitture antiche delle grotto di Roma
Assisted by F. Bartoli
94 plates, 1680 & 1706.
Veterum lucernae sepulcrales,
collectae ex cavernis et specubus subterraneis,
with Alexander Duke and Giovanni Pietro Bellori 1691 & 1704;
119 plates.
collectae ex cavernis et specubus subterraneis,
with Alexander Duke and Giovanni Pietro Bellori 1691 & 1704;
119 plates.
Scenes from the life of St. Peter; after Lanfranco.
Subjects from Raffaello's Bible
42 plates.
Antiquissimi Virgiliani Codicis fragmenta et picturae, ex Biblioteca Vaticano;
Jupiter hurling thunderbolts at Giants
Hylas carried off by Nymphs
Sophonisba before Masinissa
Continence of Scipio
after Giulio Romano.
Theatre erected in St. Peter's for a Canonization; do.
References
Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z).
York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 449. http://books.google.com/books?id=K2cCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Michael+Bryan+Painters+Engravers#PPP7,M1.
In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Vol. 6, Roma: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 1964.
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