Cristofano Robetta
Illustration — Adoration of the Magi by Cristofano Robetta, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, 1500 Cristofano Robetta (1462 – 1535) was an Italian artist, goldsmith, and engraver. Robetta was a Florentine "who made some rich, intricate engravings in the fine manner". He often made engravings which replicated paintings others had done, some of which preserved works that had otherwise been destroyed.
Also recorded as Cristofano Robétta · Cristoforo di Michele Robetta · Cristofano di Michele Martini (Il Robetta)
Cristofano Robetta
Cristofano Robetta · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland · CC0
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- 1462 · Florence.
- Died
- 1535
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- painter · goldsmith · engraver · graphic artist
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Illustration — Adoration of the Magi by Cristofano Robetta, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, 1500 Cristofano Robetta (1462 – 1535) was an Italian artist, goldsmith, and engraver. Robetta was a Florentine "who made some rich, intricate engravings in the fine manner". He often made engravings which replicated paintings others had done, some of which preserved works that had otherwise been destroyed.
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Born at Florence in 1462, died in 1535.
Work by Cristofano Robetta is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Art Institute of Chicago and Print Collection.
Allegory of Carnal Love, c. 1530, by Cristofano Robetta
Cristofano Robetta · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
Adoration of the Magi, c. 1510–15, by Cristofano Robetta
Cristofano Robetta · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mrs. Ralph King
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- 1.Cristofano Robetta artcyclopedia.com
- 2.Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving, a Critical Catalogue. vol. 1. London: 1938
- 3.Cristofano Robetta's "Hercules and the Hydra of Lerna", Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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