DENTE, MARCO. - Engraver, b. at Ravenna around 1492; d. at Rome in 1527. A pupil of Marcantonio Raimondi, he did not possess a strong personality and was influenced by Agostino Veneziano. His burin line was delicate, showing him to be a virtuoso, though without inventiveness.
He derived his compositions from Raffaello, Giulio Romano, Francesco Salviati, and Baccio Bandinelli; but above all he copied ancient classical sculptures, revealing the characteristic note of his personality in his ability to set them in spatial and landscape settings. Among his prints may be mentioned: the Massacre of the Innocents, the Dance of the Cupids, Dares and Entellus, and the Laocoön, signed in full: Marcus Ravenas). The initials of his signatures are: D., DR.