Francesco Marcolini
Francesco Marcolini (also Francesco Marcolini da Forli ; * around 1500 in Forlì ; † 1559 in Venice ) was a Venetian book printer and die cutter.
Life
Marcolini trained as a printer in Venice , where he became self-employed from 1535. He was friends with Titian and Pietro Aretino , whose work "La cortigiana" he published as his first book. Although he also with the printing of music experimented, he focused on the writings of contemporary Italian authors, among them Anton Francesco Doni and the architectural theorist Sebastiano Serlio .
literature
- Annali della tipografia veneziana by Francesco Marcolini da Forlì . Compilati da Scipione Casali. Forlì: Matteo Casali 1861.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Intabolatura di liuto de diversi [...] di M. Francesco da Milano. Venice 1536 (35 works for solo renaissance lute by Francesco Canova da Milano )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marcolini, Francesco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marcolini da Forli, Francesco (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian printer and die cutter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1500 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Forlì |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1559 |
| Place of death | Venice |