Cristoforo Coriolano
Cristoforo Coriolano was a German printmaker, xylographer and draftsperson (1540–1600). He was born at Nuremberg and died at Venice.
Also recorded as Cristoforo Lederer; Cristoforo Lederer di Norimberga.
Cristoforo Coriolano in brief
- Born
- 1540
- Died
- 1600
- Known for
- printmaker, xylographer and draftsperson
- Place of birth
- Nuremberg
Contents
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Cristoforo Lederer and Cristoforo Lederer di Norimberga. His recorded language was German.
Other recorded relations include Theresa Maria Coriolano.
Catalogued works
7 works under this name are catalogued by The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1573 to 1637.
Saint Jerome, dated 1637, chiaroscuro woodcut in blue, black, and tan on buff laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1955.1070. Allegorical Figure of Fortitude, with Coat of Arms Above, dated n.d., pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, with incising, on tan laid paper, pieced and laid down on ivory laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1922.5424. De arte gymnastica libri sex. In quibus exercitationum omnium vetustarum, genera, loca modi, facultates et quicquid denique ad corporis humani exercitationes pertinet, diligenter explicatur / [Girolamo Mercuriale]., dated 1573, held by Wellcome Collection. De arte gymnastica libri sex. In quibus exercitationum omnium vetustarum, genera, loca modi, facultates et quicquid denique ad corporis humani exercitationes pertinet, diligenter explicatur., dated 1573, held by Wellcome Collection. Hieronymi // Mercurialis De arte gymnastica libri sex. In quibus exercitationum omnium vetustarum, genera, loca modi, facultates et quidquid denique ad corporis humani eaxercitationes pertinet, diligenter explicatur / [Girolamo Mercuriale]., dated M D LXXXVII [i. e. 1587], held by Wellcome Collection. De arte gymnastica libri sex. In quibus exercitationum omnium vetustarum, genera, loca modi, facultates et quidquid denique ad corporis humani exercitationes pertinet, diligenter explicatur., dated 1577, held by Wellcome Collection. Ulisse Aldrovandi. Line engraving., dated [1596?], held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
9 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Coriolano, Cristoforo, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Le matrici xilografiche di Ulisse Aldrovandi. I volumi “autografi”. Parte I, Aldrovandiana Historical Studies in Natural History, 2026. La Dichiaratione di Cristoforo Bronzini in difesa del Dialogo della dignità e nobiltà delle donne (1622), LaborHistórico, 2022. LE LODI DI FIRENZE DI CRISTOFORO LANDINO: L'esaltazione del primato politico, culturale e linguistico della città sull'Arno nel Quattrocento, 2016. Il Cristoforo Colombo di Cesare De Lollis, 2013. Cristoforo Landino's Aeneid and the Humanist Critical Tradition*, Renaissance Quarterly, 1983. Cristoforo Buondelmonti: Greek Antiquities in Florentine Humanism, 2013. A Comprehensive Review of Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Composite Materials, Micromachines, 2024. Il ms. Vat. Ross. 704 e il Liber insularum Archipelagi di Cristoforo Buondelmonti: interpolazioni di un anonimo volgarizzatore anconetano, 2013.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 4 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1540Cristoforo Coriolano born at Nuremberg.
- 1573De arte gymnastica libri sex. In quibus exercitationum omnium vetustarum, genera, loca modi, facultates et quicquid denique ad corporis humani exercitationes pertinet, diligenter explicatur / [Girolamo Mercuriale]. (Wellcome Collection).
- 1573De arte gymnastica libri sex. In quibus exercitationum omnium vetustarum, genera, loca modi, facultates et quicquid denique ad corporis humani exercitationes pertinet, diligenter explicatur. (Wellcome Collection).
- 1577De arte gymnastica libri sex. In quibus exercitationum omnium vetustarum, genera, loca modi, facultates et quidquid denique ad corporis humani exercitationes pertinet, diligenter explicatur. (Wellcome Collection).
- 1587Hieronymi // Mercurialis De arte gymnastica libri sex. In quibus exercitationum omnium vetustarum, genera, loca modi, facultates et quidquid denique ad corporis humani eaxercitationes pertinet, diligenter explicatur / [Girolamo Mercuriale]. (Wellcome Collection).
- 1600Cristoforo Coriolano died at Venice.
- 1637Saint Jerome (The Art Institute of Chicago).
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Coriolano, Cristoforo, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Semantic Scholar corpus, 8 publications naming Cristoforo Coriolano.
scholarly index · Unverified
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The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Cristoforo Coriolano.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
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Wellcome Collection catalogue records 6 works naming Cristoforo Coriolano.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q5186479: Cristoforo Coriolano
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
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“Cristoforo Coriolano”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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Elsewhere in Prints
3,791 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Craig KauffmanEngraver
- Crescenzio OnofriEngraver
- Crispijn van de Passe the YoungerEngraver
- Cristofano BerardiEngraver
- Cristoforo Dall'AcquaEngraver
- Cristoforo FoppaEngraver
- Cuno AmietEngraver
- Cyril James FrostEngraver
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