Giuseppe Niccolò Vicentino, called Rospigliosi, was an Italian

Italy

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 painter and wood-engraver of the Renaissance

Renaissance

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. He was born at Vicenza

Vicenza

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 c. 1510, and worked at Bologna

Bologna

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 about 1540. His method was chiaroscuro

Chiaroscuro

Chiaroscuro in art is "an Italian term which literally means 'light-dark'. In paintings the description refers to clear tonal contrasts which are often used to suggest the volume and modelling of the subjects depicted"....

. He used three blocks, and did much to develop the process. Among other cuts by him are: A Sibyl reading a Book; Hercules killing the Nemaean Lion after Raphael

Raphael

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...

; Death of Ajax after Polidoro da Caravaggio; Venue embracing Cupid; and Glelia escaping from Porsenna's camp. He is often confused with Niccolo Boldrini.