Italian and Dalmatian artists at King Matthias' court, the Marone workshop
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Matthias and Beatrix invited several Italian artists to their court. The most significant master, Chimenti Camicia, a Florentine master-carpenter first appeared in the service of the Hungarian king in 1479. According to Vasari's description he directed constructions for Matthias as well. The sculptor Johennes Duknovich, who came from the area of Trau, Dalmatia, received the fortress of Majkovec from Matthias in 1488 for his services. This artist is probably identical with the Giovanni Dalmata who carved the tombstone of Pope Paul II. Other outstanding Italian artists, like Andrea del Verocchio, Filippino Lippi, Andrea Mantegna and Ercole de Roberti also worked for Matthias in Italy.
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the Marone workshop
Roberto Marone was a monk and a master-carpenter, one of the most significant wood intarsia maker in early 16th-century Florence. He was a disciple of Giovanni da Verona, an Olivetan monk, intarsia maker, architect, and sculptor. The stalls of the Franciscan church of Nyírbátor, dated 1511, also came from the Marone workshop, as the signature F. Marone hidden in the intarsia decoration indicates. The letter F stands either for frater (monk) or fecit (created by).
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