Paulo Graziani

Also known as
Paolo Graziani
primary name: Graziani, Paolo
other name: Gratianus, Paulus
Details
individual; dealer/auction house; publisher/printer; Italian; Male
Other dates
1577-1584 (fl.)
Biography
Print dealer and publisher. Active in Rome. 1577 he was employed in the shop of Antonio Lafreri as the chief plate printer (Masetti Zannini, 1981). After Stefano Duchetti's death in 1583 Graziani was involved in the sale, to Peter Spranghers and Pietro de Nobili, of the plates that Stefano, through his father Francesco, had inherited from Antonio Lafreri (Lincoln). Graziani's address appears on prints from 1578 to 1583; among them are several ex-Lafreri plates inscribed 'a Paulo Gratiano quaesita' (that is to say 'acquired by Paolo Graziani'). These ex-Lafreri plates are dated 1582 and 1583.
Bibliography
M. Bury, 'The Print in Italy 1550-1625', British Museum, London 2001, p.227
Valeria Pagani, PQ XXV 2008, pp.3-23, 'The dispersal of Lafreri's inheritance 1581-9' (Graziani inventory of 1581)