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Also Known As Gil Siloé • Gil de Urliones • Gil de Amberes • Gil de Emberres • Gil de Urlienes
Died c.1501
Movement / Style Gothic art
Notable Family Members son Diego de Siloé

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Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Berruguete, Alonso
Alonso Berruguete
Spanish sculptor
Piero del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Stringcourses on the facade of the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, begun by Benedetto da Maiano, 1489, and continued by Il Cronaca.
Benedetto da Maiano
Italian sculptor
Giovanni Pisano: marble pulpit
Giovanni Pisano
Italian sculptor
Andrea Orcagna
Italian painter
Arnolfo di Cambio, statue by Luigi Pampaloni, 1830; near the Duomo, Florence.
Arnolfo di Cambio
Italian sculptor and architect
“St. George and the Dragon,” marble relief by Michel Colombe, 1508–09; in the Louvre, Paris
Michel Colombe
French sculptor
Escalera Dorada (Golden Staircase), Burgos Cathedral, Spain, by Diego de Siloé, 1519–23.
Diego de Siloé
Spanish artist
Forment, Damián: Adoration of the Magi
Damián Forment
Spanish sculptor
Ordóñez, Bartolomé: marble reliefs
Bartolomé Ordóñez
Spanish sculptor
Juan Martínez Montañés
Spanish sculptor
Pedro Roldán
Spanish sculptor
Gregorio Hernández
Spanish sculptor
Francesco da Sangallo
Italian sculptor
Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian artist
Claus Sluter
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Three Graces, marble sculpture by Antonio Canova, 1812–16.
Antonio Canova, marchese d’Ischia
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Algardi, Alessandro: Tomb of Pope Leo XI
Alessandro Algardi
Italian sculptor
Jean Mone
French sculptor

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