CASA, Nicolò della
(b. ~1520 Lorrain, d. ~1500 Italy)
Nicolò della Casa (Nicolas de la Case) was a French engraver from Lorraine. He was active in Italy, mainly in Rome in the circle of the school of Marcantonio Raimondi.
Cosimo I de' Medici in Parade Armour
This engraving shows Cosimo I de’ Medici in classical parade armour in a stance that had by this time become standard in Florentine portraiture. The inscription on upper left indicates that the print is based on a design by Baccio Bandinelli, of whom the engraver also did an engraved portrait. Cosimo’s armour has a very elaborate decoration including two of Hercules’s labour on the leg pieces.
Portrait of Baccio Bandinelli
This engraving was executed after the self-portrait by Baccio Bandinelli.