Artist

(b. ca. 1460, Parma, d. ca. 1504, Parma)

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Details

Italian illuminator, painter and gem-engraver. According to Vasari, Marmitta lived in Parma and, after training as a painter, became an engraver of gemstones, 'closely imitating the ancients'. Although no signed work is known, he is mentioned in verses prefacing a manuscript of Petrarch's Canzoniere and Trionfi. //

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Category	Artists
Artists by letter	M
Artist nationality	Italian