Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio
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Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio (c. 1500 – 1565) known also as Jacobus Parmensis and Jacobus Veronensis was an eminent Italian
engraver, born at Verona
. A pupil of Marcantonio Raimondi
, he engraved on gems and medal
s as well as copperplate
, after the works of Raphael
, Titian
, Michelangelo
, and other the great masters.
He was also known as Cahalius or Jacobus Veronensis or Parmensis. Caraglio was gained great reputation at the court of Sigismund, King of Poland
. He flourished as an engraver on copper from 1526 to 1551. In the latter part of his life he returned to Italy, and after working for a time at Verona
, settled on his own estate near Parma
, which he sometimes inscribed on his plates. The following are among approximately seventy plates known:
Italy
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engraver, born at Verona
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
. A pupil of Marcantonio Raimondi
Marcantonio Raimondi
Marcantonio Raimondi, also simply Marcantonio, was an Italian engraver, known for being the first important printmaker whose body of work consists mainly of prints copying paintings. He is therefore a key figure in the rise of the reproductive print...
, he engraved on gems and medal
Medal
A medal, or medallion, is generally a circular object that has been sculpted, molded, cast, struck, stamped, or some way rendered with an insignia, portrait, or other artistic rendering. A medal may be awarded to a person or organization as a form of recognition for athletic, military, scientific,...
s as well as copperplate
Engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
, after the works of Raphael
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...
, Titian
Titian
Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/1490 – 27 August 1576 better known as Titian was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near...
, Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni , commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art...
, and other the great masters.
He was also known as Cahalius or Jacobus Veronensis or Parmensis. Caraglio was gained great reputation at the court of Sigismund, King of Poland
Sigismund I the Old
Sigismund I of Poland , of the Jagiellon dynasty, reigned as King of Poland and also as the Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until 1548...
. He flourished as an engraver on copper from 1526 to 1551. In the latter part of his life he returned to Italy, and after working for a time at Verona
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
, settled on his own estate near Parma
Parma
Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....
, which he sometimes inscribed on his plates. The following are among approximately seventy plates known:
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- A Battle with the Shield and Lance; The Virgin kneeling, with the Infant and St. Ann; and Holy Family after RaphaelRaphaelRaffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...
. - Diogenes; Alexander and Roxana; Martyrdom of SS. Peter and Paul; Portrait of Pietro Aretino; and Marriage of the VirginMarriage of the VirginThe Marriage of the Virgin is the subject in Christian art depicting the marriage of the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph. The marriage is not mentioned in the canonical Gospels but is covered in several apocryphal sources, and later redactions, notably the 14th century compilation the Golden Legend...
after ParmigianinoParmigianinoGirolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola , also known as Francesco Mazzola or more commonly as Parmigianino or sometimes "Parmigiano", was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome, Bologna, and his native city of Parma...
. - The Virgin and Infant, under an Orange Tree (self-design). .
- The Annunciation and The Punishment of Tantalus; after TitianTitianTiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/1490 – 27 August 1576 better known as Titian was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near...
. - The Rape of Ganymede after MichelangeloMichelangeloMichelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni , commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art...
. - Anatomical Figure holding skull; Hercules piercing with his Arrows the Centaur Nessus; Hercules slaying Cacus; Nymphs and Young Men in Garden; and Rape of Sabines after Rosso FiorentinoRosso FiorentinoGiovanni Battista di Jacopo , known as Rosso Fiorentino , or Il Rosso, was an Italian Mannerist painter, in oil and fresco, belonging to the Florentine school.-Biography:...
. - Twenty, of Divinities in niches with their Attributes and The Triumph of the Muses over Pierides:
- Twenty plates based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses of the Gods (1553); after Rosso and Perino del Vaga.
- The Death of Meleager and The Creation; after Perino del Vaga.
- A Battle with the Shield and Lance; The Virgin kneeling, with the Infant and St. Ann; and Holy Family after Raphael