Bartolomeo Baderna Explained

Bartolomeo Baderna (1655-1681) was an Italian painter and engraver of the Baroque period.

Biography

He was born in Piacenza. His manner in engraving is described to be similar to that of Odoardo Fialetti.^[1] He is described as a pupil of the painter, Cavaliere Pietro Francesco Ferrante (sometimes called Giovanni Francesco) of Bologna. Baderna painted works for Santa Maria in Campagna, and with the help of his brother Pietro, frescoes (1681) in both the interior and exterior for San Paolo, both churches in Piacenza.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Notices of Engravers, and Their Works: Being the Commencement of a New ... By William Young Ottley, Esq. Longman Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London Paternoster Row 1831,Section 21.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=bElXAAAAcAAJ Guida ai monumenti storici ed artistici della città di Piacenza