Until around 1500 he lived and worked in Mantua, though he made occasional trips to adjacent cities such as Ferrara, Este, Vicenza, Milan, and Pavia, especially when he was in trouble.
After Petrarca, in the Renaissance age, the most famous singers at the lute certainly were Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Ippolito Tromboncino and Marchetto Cara - whose gift as interpreters are highlighted in The Book of the Courtier by Baldassarre Castiglione.
Bartolomeo | Bartolomeo della Gatta | Bartolomeo Merelli | Bartolomeo Gastaldi | Bartolomeo Eustachi | Bartolomeo Colleoni | ''Christ carrying the Cross'', either by Bartolomeo Coda | Bartolomeo Tromboncino | Bartolomeo Maranta | Bartolomeo di Breganze | Bartolomeo della Rocca | Bartolomeo d'Alviano | Bartolomeo Cristofori | Bartolomeo Coda | Bartolomeo Bulgarini | Bartolomeo Bon | Bartolomeo Ammannati | Bartolomeo Altomonte |