Arcangelo Corelli was an Italian composer, musician, and violinist of the middle Baroque era. His music was key in the development of the modern genres of sonata and concerto, in establishing the pree
1697 portrait of Corelli by Hugh Howard
Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, portrait by Francesco Trevisani. The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham, England
Engraving of a bust of Corelli from the title page of his Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op.6 (pub. 1714)
Portrait of Arcangelo Corelli by the Irish painter Hugh Howard
Benedetto Pamphili was an Italian cardinal, patron of the arts and librettist for many composers.