Bartolomeo Coriolano (ca. 1599–ca. 1676)

• Was an Italian printmaker during the Baroque period, mainly in colour woodcuts.
• Coriolano was born in Bologna.
• His father, Cristoforo Coriolano, and brother, Giovanni Battista Coriolano were also woodcut printmakers.
• He was first instructed by his father at the Academy of the Incamminati, of the Carracci, at Bologna.
• Coriolano trained under the painter Guido Reni and based many of his woodcuts on the work of his teacher as reproductive prints.
• He worked at Bologna from 1630 to 1647, and was fond of developing the designs of Reni and Guercino.
• He came to the attention of Pope Urban VII who granted Coriolano knighthood, as a "Roman count", and a pension.
• During this time, he called himself Romanus Eques, "Roman knight", which refers to his knighthood.
• Coriolano had a daughter, Theresa Maria Coriolano, who was also an engraver and painter.

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