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(b Perugia, 1615; d Rome, 7 Nov 1700).
Italian engraver, draughtsman and painter. He lived in Rome from
1635, initially as the pupil of Poussin, later serving Christina,
Queen of Sweden, as an antiquarian. He was an indefatigable engraver
of Roman monuments, and his work was published in, for example,
Admiranda Romanorum Antiquitatum (Rome, 1693). He also engraved from
Raphael, Polidoro da Caravaggio, the Carracci and Lanfranco, and on
subjects of his own invention. As a draughtsman, Bartoli reproduced
the Codice Virgiliano (Rome, Vatican, Bib. Apostolica, Cod. Vat.
3867) in 55 plates (1677; Rome, Calcografia N.), commissioned by
Cardinal Camillo Massimi, for whom he also executed drawings of
ancient Roman paintings and mosaics (Glasgow, U. Lib.). He lived for
a long time in Paris, where he was introduced at the court of Louis
XIV.
