Amalteo is the name of an Italian family belonging to Oderzo, Treviso, several members of whom were distinguished in literature. The best known are three brothers, Geronimo (1507–1574), Giambattista (d. 1573) and Cornelio (1530–1603), whose Latin poems were published in one collection under the title Trium Fratrum Amaltheorum Carmina (Venice, 1627; Amst., 1689). The eldest brother, Geronimo, was a celebrated physician; the second, Giambattista, accompanied a Venetian embassy to England in 1554, and was secretary to Pius IV at the Council of Trent; the third, Cornelio, was a physician and secretary to the Republic of Ragusa.[1]
The painter Pomponio Amalteo, who painted in Oderzo, likely comes from this family.[2]
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edit- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Amalteo". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 779.
- ^ Thomas, Joseph (1 Jan 2010). The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. New York: Cosimo Classics. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-616-40881-7. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
