Niccolò Boldrini
Niccolò Boldrini (c.1500–c.1566) was an Italian engraver of the Renaissance. He was frequently confused with Nicola Vicentino. Boldrini was an engraver on wood, born in Vicenza in the early 16th century, and still living in 1566.
Also recorded as Niccolo Vicentio · Nicolaus Boldrinus Vicentinus · Nicolò Boldrini · Nicolo Boldrini
Niccolò Boldrini
Niccolo Boldrini · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection · CC0
- Name
- Niccolò Boldrini
- Born
- c.1500
- Birthplace
- Vicenza
- Died
- c.1566
- Known for
- Engraver
- Movement
- Renaissance
- Nationality
- Republic of Venice
- Occupation
- printmaker
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Biography
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His prints are chiefly after Titian, who may have been his master. He engraved John Baron de Schwarzenburg after Dürer and the following prints after Titian: • The Wise Men's Offering • St. Jerome praying in landscape • Six Saints including Catharine & Sebastian • Mountainous landscape with woman milking cow • Venus seated on a bank holding Cupid • Squirrel on a branch
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Niccolò Boldrini is described as a “Formschneider” in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1535–45, by Niccolò Boldrini
Niccolo Boldrini · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Delia E. Holden Fund
The Six Saints, c. 1535, by Niccolò Boldrini
Niccolo Boldrini · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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• Name — Niccolò Boldrini • Born — c.1500 • Birthplace — Vicenza • Died — c.1566 • Known for — Engraver • Movement — Renaissance • Illustration — Samson and Delilah; by Niccolò Boldrini
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q970010: Niccolò Boldrini
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