, a skilful medallist of the sixteenth century, was born at Parma,
, a skilful medallist
of the sixteenth century, was born at Parma, where, hearing of the reputation which Marc Antonio Raimondi had
acquired at Rome by his engravings, he went to that city,
and became his pupil. As an engraver, Strutt thinks that
Vico was a man of abilities, but does not seem to have
been endowed with patience enough to pay sufficient attention to the mechanical part of the execution of his
plates. He could draw correctly, but seldom exerted
himself. He is noticed here, however, chiefly for his
knowledge of medals. In 1548, he published his “Discourses on the Medals of the Ancients,
” Venice, 4to, succeeded by a second edition in