Andrea Riccio
Andrea Riccio (c. He is mainly known for small bronzes, often practical objects such as inkwells, door knockers or fire-dogs, exquisitely sculpted and decorated in a classicising Renaissance style. • Illustration — Satyr and Satyress, about 1510-1520, Victoria and Albert Museum He was born in Padua and first trained as a goldsmith by his father, Ambrogio di Cristoforo Briosco. He later began to study bronze casting under Bartolomeo Bellano, a pupil of Donatello.
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Andrea Riccio
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- Born
- 1470.
- Died
- 1532.
- Nationality
- Republic of Venice.
- Occupation
- sculptor, architect, goldsmith and medalist.
- Movements
- Renaissance.
- Known for
- Relief for the Altar of St. Martin at the Servi, Reliefs for the Altar of the Cross of Servi and Satyr and Satyress.
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His masterpieces are the bronze Paschal candelabrum in the choir of the Basilica of Sant'Antonio at Padua (1515), and the two bronze reliefs (1507) of David dancing before the Ark and Judith and Holofernes in the same church. His bronze and marble tomb of the physician Girolamo della Torre in the church of San Fermo at Verona was beautifully decorated with reliefs, which were taken away by the French and are now in the Louvre. His smaller, easily transportable, works appealed to collectors across Europe.
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Andrea Riccio (10 April 1470 – 8 July 1532) was a sculptor. The birth of Andrea Riccio is recorded on 10 April 1470 in Trente, Italy, and the death on 8 July 1532 in Padua, Italy.
Andrea Riccio, Andrea Briosco, called Riccio, Allegory of Fate, c., 1530
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Andrea Riccio, Andrea Briosco, called Riccio, Augustus and the Sibyl, c., 1500
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1470
Andrea Riccio was born on 1 April 1470.
1532
Andrea Riccio died on 8 July 1532.
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