Background
Bonifacio was born in Šibenik to his father Jerome, a native of the noble family of Capua.
Bonifacio was born in Šibenik to his father Jerome, a native of the noble family of Capua.
His plates are principally etchings. In 1590, he engraved for a book composed by Domenico Fontana, architect to Pope Sixtus V, concerning the laborious engineering of the moving and erection of the Vatican obelisks. Very little is known of the early years of his life.
In the 1570s he is documented as traveling to Venice, where he published some maps.
From there in 1575 - in conjunction with the opening of the Holy Year - he moved to Rome. Over the next few years he became very famous and popular.
On July 5, 1579 Bonifacio is received into the congregation of Saint Jerome of the Illyrians (degli Schiavoni), becoming the guardian on April 10, 1580, a Mayor auditor in 1582 and a Chamberlain in 1583. The next year - due to some errors in the compilation of the accounts - he was forced to repay the damage affecting copper by Christmas of 1586 of two images of Saint Jerome for the candles to be offered to the pope on the feast of Candlemas.
In 1590, he engraved for a book composed by Domenico Fontana, architect to Pope Sixtus V, concerning the laborious engineering of the moving and erection of the Vatican Obelisk.
He died February 23, 1592.