Francesco Squarcione

His pupils included Andrea Mantegna (with whom he had many legal battles), Cosimo Tura and Carlo Crivelli.

Squarcione, whose original vocation was tailoring, appears to have had a remarkable enthusiasm for ancient art, and a faculty for acting.

Squarcione was interested in ancient Rome; he travelled in Italy, and perhaps Greece, collecting antique statues, reliefs, vases, and other works of art, forming a collection of such works, making drawings from them himself, and throwing open his stores for others to study from.

Squarcione taught Mantegna the Latin language and instructed him to study fragments of Roman sculpture.

Pupils or followers of Squarcione include Francesco Verla, Pietro Calzetta, and Andrea Bellunello.