Bernardino Radi Explained

Bernardino Radi (2 December 1581 – 29 May 1643) was an Italian engraver and architect, born in Cortona, who etched a set of plates depicting architectural ornaments and monuments, published in Rome in 1618, under the title of Varie invenzoni per depositi di Bernardino Radi Cortonese.^[1]

The entrance portico of San Jacopo sopr'Arno in Florence was remade in 1580 by Radi.^[2] He helped design the rose window for the church of Santa Maria Nuova, Cortona.^[3]

Further reading

• Book: Bryan, Michael. 1889. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical . II L-Z . Walter Armstrong . Robert Edmund Graves . 336 . George Bell and Sons. London .
• Cristiano Marchegiani, "Radi, Bernardino", in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, vol. LXXXVI, Roma, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2016, pp. 102–104.

Notes and References

1. Book: Radi, Bernardino . 1619 . Varie invenzoni per depositi di Bernardino Radi Cortonese. Rome .
2. Book: Millingchamp Vaughan, Herbert . 1911 . Florence and her Treasures. MacMillan Company. New York . 64.
3. http://www.cortonaweb.net/en/history/18-cortona-churches Cortona web