Simone Bianco
Simone Bianco | |
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| Born | c. 1480–90 |
| Died | Venice, Republic of Venice (in modern Italy) after 1553 |
| Known for | Portrait busts |
| Movement | Italian Renaissance |
Simone di Niccolò Bianco (1480s – after 1553), was an Italian Renaissance sculptor.[1]
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Born in Loro Ciuffenna, Tuscany, he spent his artistic career in Venice from 1512 onwards.[2] He was known for sculpture of busts in marble and bronze all'antica.[3][4] Bianco was highly regarded by Johann Christoph Fugger and Pietro Aretino, and by Giorgio Vasari who gave him a brief mention in his Lives of the Artists.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Museum, The J. Paul Getty (November 2, 1989). The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal: Volume 16, 1988. Getty Publications. ISBN 9780892361434 – via Google Books.
- ^ Bacchi, Andrea; Giacomelli, Luciana (January 3, 2008). Rinascimento e passione per l'antico: Andrea Riccio e il suo tempo. Castello del Buonconsiglio, Monumenti e collezioni private. ISBN 9788877022233 – via Google Books.
- ^ Leithe-Jasper, Manfred; Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum (January 3, 1986). Renaissance Master Bronzes: From the Collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Scala Books. ISBN 9780856672279 – via Google Books.
- ^ "SIMONE BIANCO (BEFORE 1512 - AFTER 1553) VENICE, THE HEAD FIRST HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY, THE SHOULDERS 17TH/18TH CENTURY - AN IDEALIZED WOMAN ALL'ANTICA". Sotheby's.
- ^ Huse, Norbert; Wolters, Wolfgang (October 30, 1993). "The Art of Renaissance Venice: Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting, 1460-1590". University of Chicago Press – via Google Books.
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