Pietro Lauro (1510-1568) was one of the most well-known Italian polymaths of the 16th century. His work includes translations from Latin, Ancient Greek, and Spanish, covering texts by classical, foreign, and Protestant authors.
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Girolamo Tiraboschi was the first to attempt to reconstruct Lauro’s biography
Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari, the printer for whom Lauro translated numerous classical texts
Title page of the twelfth book of the De l'agricoltura by Lucio Giunio Moderato Columella, translated by Lauro in 1564
Dedication by Pietro Lauro to Count Bonifacio Bevilacqua in I dieci libri de l'architettura, his vernacularization of the De re aedificatoria by Leon Battista Alberti, published in 1546
Copy of the Oratorio de religiosi, et esercitio de virtuosi translated by Lauro and published in 1555, preserved at the British Library
Title page of the Libro delle quatro infermità cortigiane by Luis Lobera de Ávila, translated by Lauro in 1558
Print depicting a portrait of Lucrezia Gonzaga di GazzuoloAbout this person
Pietro Lauro (1510-1568) was one of the most well-known Italian polymaths of the 16th century. His work includes translations from Latin, Ancient Greek, and Spanish, covering texts by classical, foreign, and Protestant authors. Lauro demonstrated skill in handling texts on diverse topics, such as philosophy, architecture, medicine, gardening, agronomy, biological sciences, history, theology, and astronomy. He also ventured into writing a chivalric romance in the style of Spanish works, the Polendo, his magnum opus in this regard.
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