Beginning his career as some kind of pupil or collaborator with the aged Andrea Mantegna (c.1431-1506) in Mantua, he developed his technique, becoming a technical influence on other Italian engravers, notably Marcantonio Raimondi.
Beginning his career as some kind of pupil or collaborator with the aged Andrea Mantegna (c.1431-1506) in Mantua, he then may have travelled around north Italy, and certainly spent his later printmaking years in Rome. He developed his technique, becoming a technical influence on other Italian engravers, notably Marcantonio Raimondi.