Cort

Cort, CORNELIS, known in Italy as Cornelio Fiammingo, a famous Dutch engraver, was born at Hoorn in 1533 or 1536. He studied under Hieronymus Cock, and his early plates bear that master's name. In 1572 he went to Venice, and was hospitably received there by Titian, some of whose finest works he engraved, as well as those of other Italian masters. Cort next settled at Rome, where he founded an engraving school; and from this school sprang the most excellent Italian and Venetian engravers. He died at Rome in 1578.