page_title: Matteo Palmieri
hierarchical_section_title: Matteo Palmieri
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Matteo Palmieri, Cristofano dell'Altissimo. After 1552. Oil on wood, 60 x 40 cm. Inv 1890, no. 164. Giovio Series
context_page_description: Matteo di Marco Palmieri was a Florentine humanist and historian who is best known for his work Della vita civile which advocated civic humanism, and his influence in refining the Tuscan vernacular to the same level as Latin. He was sent as Florentine ambassador to the court of Alfonso of Naples. Vespasiano da Bisticci included him among the illustrious men of his generation whose careers deserved an article in his Vite di uomini illustri del secolo XV vita.
context_section_description: Matteo di Marco Palmieri (1406–1475) was a Florentine humanist and historian who is best known for his work Della vita civile ("On Civic Life"; printed 1528) which advocated civic humanism, and his influence in refining the Tuscan vernacular to the same level as Latin. He was sent as Florentine ambassador to the court of Alfonso of Naples. Vespasiano da Bisticci included him among the illustrious men of his generation whose careers deserved an article in his Vite di uomini illustri del secolo XV vita.
caption: Portrait of Matteo Palmieri, by Cristofano dell'Altissimo
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