Nicolò Billy (der Ältere) (1689-1747)
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- Name (English)
- Nicolò Billy (der Ältere)
- Short name
- Niccolò Billy
- Year of birth
- 1689
- Year of death
- 1747
- Short Description
- "Niccolò Billy (also called Nicolò Billy I) was an Italian engraver of the 18th century, active in Rome. Originally from France, he was active around 1734 along with his brother Antonio Billy. They engraved several portraits and historical subjects. Niccoló engraved some plates for the Museum Florentinum, including self-portraits of Federico Zuccari; Hans Holbein; Pier Leone Ghezzi; and Giovanni Morandi.
He also engraved Cardinal Pompeo Aldrovandi after G. Berti; Infant Jesus sleeping; Cardinal Spinelli; St. Philip Neri kneeling before the Virgin after Sebastiano Conca; The Holy Family: after Annibale Carracci; St Michael Archangel after Pietro da Cortona (1689); and The Flight into Egypt; after Guido Reni. " - (en.wikipedia.org 09.01.2021) - Entity Encoding
- piz
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