Bettelini was held in high estimation by
Thorwaldsen, who employed him to engrave some of his finest works, both figures and
bassi-rilievi. His engraving of the
Entombment, by
Andrea del Sarto, in the
Florence Gallery is considered among his finest examples of art. His works include: •
Entombment; after Andrea del Sarto. •
Madonna col devoto; after the painting by
Correggio, in the possession of the
King of Bavaria. •
Ecce Homo; after Correggio. •
St. John; after
Domenichino. •
Sibylla Persica; after
Guercino. •
Ascension of the Virgin; after
Guido. •
Madonna and sleeping Infant; after
Raphael. •
Judgment of Solomon; after the same. •
Magdalene; after
Schidone. •
Maria div. Sapientiae; after
Titian. •
The Virgin Mary reading a book; after the same. •
Portrait of Galileo. •
Portrait of Machiavelli. •
Portrait of Poliziano. He worked with
Giuseppe Bortignoni the Younger in engraving ceiling decorations from the
Vatican. ==References==