CRISTOFORO CORIOLANO, the earliest, appears to have been a German and a native of Nfirnberg, whose name, Doppelmayr supposes, was Lederer, but having settled in Italy he translated it into Coriolano. He cut, besides many other works, the very clever portraits in the second edition of Vasari, which was published at Florence in 1568. He died, according to Doppelmayr, in Venice, in 1600.
GialsnarrsIse CORIOLANO, the next in point of time, was born at Bologna, and it supposed to have been the son of Ci'istoforo, but from the dates upon his works,1619-25, that of grandson ie a more probable relationship:, he died in 1649. He was the pupil of G. L. Valesio, and was painter, and engraver on copper and on wood ; but he painted very little, and his cuts in wood are very few : his works consist chiefly of engravings and etchings on copper, of which Bartsch describes 223, among are several after the Caracci and other celebrated Bolognese painters, The most celebrated of this Dame was the Cavalitre Ilartrotoueo CORIOLANO, who hi likewise said to have been the son of Crietoforo, but the statement in this case le still more doubtful than in that of Giambattista, for the earliest date on his works is that of 1627, twenty-seven years after the death of hie reputed father, who must have been of a considerable age when he died, as he was employed by Vessel in 1563, Bartolomeo was made Cavaliere di Loreto by Pope Urban VIII., for some prints after Guido, which he presented to his
holiness: from this event he always wrote Eques after his name upon his prints. lie was one of the beat of the Italian wood engravers, and has executed some very effective prints in chiaroecuro, after Guido and the Ceram ; some with three and some with two blocks. The ' Fall of the Giants,' after Guido, 1638, is one of his principal works; It is In four sheets, which together measure 32 inches high by 23 inches broad. The latest, date to which his signature is found Is 1617. His daughter, Teresa Maria, painted and engraved some few work..
(Doppelmayr, /figoriacAeXacheicht, etc.; Gandellini, Notizie latoriehe &sir ; Bartsch, Pontre Grareur; Brulliot, Diction. noire des Monogr-anew. etc.)