Valerio Spada
Italian printmaker (1613–1688)
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Valerio Spada (1613–1688) was an Italian printmaker.[1]
Life and work
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Spada was born in Colle di Val d'Elsa, Tuscany. He Studied drawing with Lorenzo Lippi.[1]
He was a draughtsman, etcher and calligrapher, and also worked as a public scrivener and teacher of calligraphy.[1]
Collections
Spada's work is held in the following permanent collections:
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois[2]
- British Museum, London[1]
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York[3]
- Harvard Art Museums, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts[4]
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam[5]
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London (as designer,[6] and as engraver[7])
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.[8]
