Giacomo Lauri

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Giacomo Lauri (1623-1694) was an Italian engraver of the Baroque period, active mainly in his native Rome.

He published, in 1612, a set of one hundred and sixty-six prints, entitled, 'Antiqiiaa Urbis Splendor,' consisting of views of the ancient buildings of Rome.

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• Bryan, Michael (1889). in Walter Armstrong and Robert Edmund Graves: Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons, page 26.