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Also Known As Antonio di Pietro Averulino • Antonio di Pietro Averlino
Born c.1400 • Florence • Italy
Died c.1469 • Rome • Italy
Movement / Style Renaissance art • Renaissance
Subjects Of Study architecture

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Francesco Di Giorgio
Francesco di Giorgio
Italian artist
Andrea del Verrocchio: David
Andrea del Verrocchio
Italian painter and sculptor
Bertoldo di Giovanni: Frederick III
Bertoldo di Giovanni
Italian sculptor
Warrior on Horseback, bronze statuette by Andrea Riccio, first quarter of the 16th century; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Andrea Riccio
Italian sculptor
Donatello: David
Donatello
Italian sculptor
Luca della Robbia
Florentine sculptor
Giovanni della Robbia
Florentine sculptor
Andrea della Robbia
Florentine sculptor
Pietro Torrigiani
Florentine artist
Baccio d’Agnolo
Italian architect
Ghiberti, Lorenzo
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Italian sculptor
Andrea Sansovino
Italian architect
Pietro Lombardo
Italian sculptor
The tomb of the cardinal of Portugal, marble sculptural complex by Antonio Rossellino, 1461–66; in the church of S. Miniato al Monte, Florence.
Antonio Rossellino
Italian sculptor
Michelozzo: Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
Michelozzo
Italian artist
Antonio da Sangallo, the Younger
Italian architect
Giuliano da Sangallo
Italian architect
Francesco da Sangallo
Italian sculptor
Palazzo Strozzi
Il Cronaca
Italian architect
Berruguete, Alonso
Alonso Berruguete
Spanish sculptor

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