- Also known as
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Giacomo Lauro
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primary name: Lauro, Giacomo
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other name: Laurus, Jacobus
- Details
- individual; printmaker; publisher/printer; Italian; Male
- Life dates
- 1561 born-1635 alive
- Biography
- Engraver, printer and print publisher. Active in Rome from 1583, when described as 'intagliatori di rame' (Ashby p.362). 17 March 1598 he applied for and was granted a 10-year papal privilege for an unspecified number of unnamed religious prints (Leuschner).
Lauro's earliest dated prints are of 1582 (Martyrdom of St Catherine), and carry the address of C. Duchetti (Ashby, 1926-27, p.362). He also worked for Panzera, c.1589 (Bertolotti). From 1590 he tried to establish himself as a publisher of his own work . He acquired and restored old plates, published copies of classic prints as Marcantonio's St Paul preaching (B.XIV.50.44). He accepted commissions, as the map of Rocca Contrada, 1594 (Anselmi). He probably acquired plates from Jacob Matham which he published in 1598 (Widerkehr). His 'Antiquae Urbis Splendor' was published in parts from 1612. In the volumes issued in 1614 and 1615 Lauro refers to having worked on the study of antiquity for 28 years which would mean that he began this work about 1586 (see Ashby, 1926-27, p.362). Important connections with Poland; he specialized in images of saints.
- Bibliography
- T. Ashby, 'Un incisore antiquario del seicento' in 'La Bibliofilia', XXVIII, March 1927, pp. 453-60; XXIX, Dec. 1927, pp. 356-69
M. Bury, 'The Print in Italy 1550-1625', British Museum, London 2001, p.228
