Bartolomeo Coriolano

Chiaroscuro woodcut of the Virgin and Child by Bartolommeo Coriolano, between 1630 and 1655. Digitally restored. Bartolommeo Coriolano (1590 or 1599 –1676, pronunciation ko-ree-o-lă'no ) became wood engravers like their father. Originally from Nuremberg, their father had moved to Venice and changed the family name to Lederer.

He was first instructed by his father at the Academy of the Incamminati, of the Carracci, at Bologna. After the successful woodblock printer Andrea Andreani died, Coriolano took his place. He worked at Bologna from 1630 to 1647, and was fond of developing the designs of Reni and Guercino. which refers to his knighthood. His style was close to the German use of black for outlines and brown for the tints. He usually made use of two blocks for his woodcuts; on one he cut the outline and the dark shadows, like the hatchings of a pen, and on the other block the demi-tinte, or "halftones". His major works include St Jerome in Meditation Before a Crucifix, Herodias with the Head of the Baptist, and The Virgin, with the Infant Sleeping.

France Bibliothèque nationale de France,

Hungary Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Japan National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo

New Zealand Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Spain Biblioteca Nacional de España

USA Worcester Art Museum Fralin Museum of Art Bowdoin College Museum of Art Minneapolis Institute of Art Los Angeles County Museum of Art Detroit Institute of Arts Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Smart Museum of Art Blanton Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

UK Ashmolean Museum, Royal Collection Trust British Museum