 Petrarch owed much to the early Northern Italian humanists, in their emulation, recovery and use of ancient works.Later, Petrarch would praise the works of Mussato's teacher, Lovato Lovati.As well as praise for Lovati, the humanist Colossi Salutati told Bartolomeo Oliari that his coronation of the laurel crown was due to Mussato's influence, when he wrote that "the first cultivator of eloquence was your compatriot Mussato of Padua".