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| | Luigi Schiavonetti -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Luigi Schiavonetti (April 1, 1765-June 7, 1810), (A native or inhabitant of Italy) Italian (A skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching) engraver, was born at Bassano in (A region of northeastern Italy on the Adriatic) Venetia. |
 | | After having studied art for several years he was employed by Testolini, an engraver of very indifferent abilities, to execute imitations of (additional info and facts about Bartolozzi) Bartolozzi's works, which he passed off as his own. |
 | | In 1790 Testolini was invited by Bartolozzi to join him in (A division of the United Kingdom) England, and, it having been discovered that Schiavonetti, who accompanied him, had executed the plates in question, he was employed by Bartolozzi and became an eminent engraver in both the line and the dot manner. |
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