(b Parma, 29 Jan 1523; d Ferrara, 18 Aug 1567). Italian engraver. He trained in Parma and by 1541 was in Rome, where he became a pupil of Tommaso Barlacchi ( fl 1527–42). In 1541–2, in collaboration with Barlacchi, he produced his first work, a series of 24 engravings with grotesque decorations in imitation of antique paintings (B. 467–90). In Rome, Vico was also influenced by the printmakers Agostino dei Musi, Antonio Salamanca and, above all, Marcantonio Raimondi. Vasari recorded that in 1546, following a short period in Florence, where he made engravings for Grand Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici after works by Michelangelo, Vico applied to live in Venice. He remained there until 1563, when he was summoned to the court of Alfonso II d’Este, Duke of Ferrara, where he lived until his death.

• Vico, Enea
  • Engraving, §II, 3(i)(b): Major exponents and their influences, c 1500–c 1600: Raimondi
  • Este (i): (12) Alfonso II d’Este
  • Rome, §III, 4(ii): Art life and organization, 1550–1600
  • groups and movements
    • Egyptian Revival, §1: Origins and early developments, to 1760
  • reproductive prints by others
    • Casa, Nicolò della
    • Erotic art, §II: Historiography and collections
  • works
    • Bandinelli, Baccio, §2: Critical reception and posthumous reputation
    • Erotic art, §I, 2(ii): Western world, c 1500–c 1700
    • Grotesque, §2: 1480–1529
    • Iconographic handbook, §2(iii): From the 12th–17th century: Personifications
    • Italy, §XVI, 2: Art education: Academies
    • Parmigianino, §1(iv): Parma and Casalmaggiore, 1530–40
    • Prints, §II, 1(ix): Subject-matter, before c 1700: Ornamental
    • Roviale, Francesco
    • Salamanca, Antonio
    • Salviati, Francesco, §1(iii): Florence, North Italy and Rome, 1539–43