Petrarch, the English name for Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), Italian scholar, poet, and Renaissance humanist
Joseph Petrarca, Jr. | Petrarch's Arquà Petrarca | David Petrarca |
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.
He still continued his literary studies, as is shown by his works on Petrarch (Vita e rime di F. Petrarca, Modena, 1711) and Lodovico Castelvetro (Vita ed opere di L. Castelvetro, Milan, 1727).