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Andrea Sansovino

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Andrea Sansovino , c.1460-1529, Florentine sculptor and architect of the High Renaissance, b. Monte Sansavino. His real name was Andrea Contucci. He trained under Antonio Pollaiuolo and worked in Florence, Rome, and Loreto. His tombs of Cardinals Sforza and Basso in Rome and his statues and reliefs for church decoration, such as the graceful Virgin and Child with St. Anne (1512) at San Agostino, were greatly admired. Author not available, SANSOVINO, ANDREA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Sansovino, Andrea
Sansovino, Andrea ( c. 1467/70–1529). Italian sculptor...and grace combined with human tenderness. Sansovino spent much of the period 1513–27...certainly by him survives there. Jacopo Sansovino was Andrea's main pupil. Read more

Sansovino, Andrea
Sansovino, Andrea ( b Monte San Savino, nr. Arezzo, c. 1467...and grace combined with human tenderness. Sansovino spent much of the period 1513–27...certainly by him survives there. Jacopo Sansovino was his main pupil. Read more

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