Coriolano, Bartolommeo

Coriolano, Bartolommeo a Bolognese engraver, second son of Cristoforo, was born in 1599, and was instructed by his father and in the academy of the Caracci. The following are his principal plates: St. Jerome in Meditation Before a Crucifix; Herodias with the Head of the Baptist; The Virgin, with the Infant Sleeping. He died in 1676. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.