Antonio Labacco
Antonio Labacco was a 16th-century architect, engraver, and writer about the architecture of classical Rome. His name is also given variously as Antonio Labacco, Antonio dall' Abacco, Antonio da Labacco, Antonio Abaco', Antonio l'Abco, or Antonio Abacco.
Also recorded as Antonio da Labacco · Antonio L'Abaco · Antonio dall' Abacco · Antonio Dall'Abacco
Antonio Labacco
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- Born
- 1495. · Vercelli.
- Died
- Antonio Labacco died, sources differ on the date (about 1570 and in 1568). · Rome.
- Nationality
- Italy.
- Occupation
- architect, printmaker, copper engraver, draftsperson and historic preservationist.
- Languages
- Italian.
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Antonio Labacco was a 16th-century architect, engraver, and writer about the architecture of classical Rome. His name is also given variously as Antonio Labacco, Antonio dall' Abacco, Antonio da Labacco, Antonio Abaco', Antonio l'Abco, or Antonio Abacco.
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• Illustration — Title page of Labacco's Libro appartenente a l'architettura. Labacco was born near Vigevano in about 1495. He was a pupil of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger in Rome. In 1558 he published an architectural treatise, entitled Libro d'Antonio Labacco appartenente a l'architettura nel qual si figurarano alcune notabili antiquita di Roma, with plates he had engraved himself. He also engraved the plans of the Basilica of St. Peter's from Sangallo's designs He died some time after 1567.
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1495
Antonio Labacco born at Vercelli.
1570
Antonio Labacco died at Rome.
1572
Libro d'Antonio Labacco appartenente a l'architettura nel qual si figurano alcune notabili antiquita di Roma (1572) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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- 1.Colonna, Flavia, «Labacco (Abacco, dell'Abacco), Antonio», Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, v. 62 (2004), Treccani.
- 2.El Escorial en la Biblioteca Nacional (1986), p. 161.
- 3.El Escorial en la Biblioteca Nacional (1986), pp. 206-207.
- 4.El Escorial en la Biblioteca Nacional (1986), p. 162.
- 5.El Escorial en la Biblioteca Nacional (1986), p. 163.
- 6.El Escorial en la Biblioteca Nacional (1986), p. 164.
- 7.El Escorial en la Biblioteca Nacional (1986), pp. 162-163.
- 8.La biblioteca del Greco, p. 180.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Antonio da Labacco, Antonio L'Abaco, Antonio dall' Abacco, Antonio Dall'Abacco and Antonio Abaco. His recorded language was Italian. Recorded as architect, printmaker, copper engraver, draftsperson and historic preservationist.
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