Giovanni di Stefano
Illustration — Saint John the Evangelist, Siena Cathedral, Entrance to Piccolomini Library Giovanni di Stefano (1443 – c. 1506) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, bronze-caster, and engineer. Baptized on 20 June 1443, he was the son of Stefano di Giovanni.
Also recorded as Giovanni di Stefano Sassetta · Giovanni Di Stefano
Giovanni di Stefano
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Illustration — Saint John the Evangelist, Siena Cathedral, Entrance to Piccolomini Library Giovanni di Stefano (1443 – c. 1506) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, bronze-caster, and engineer. Baptized on 20 June 1443, he was the son of Stefano di Giovanni.
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Born at Siena in 1443, died in 1511.
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1443
Giovanni di Stefano was born on 1 January 1443.
1506
Giovanni di Stefano died on 1 January 1506.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 132240459, Giovanni, di Stefano.
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- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500024431, Giovanni di Stefano da Siena.
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- 1.Jane Turner. The Dictionary of Art. Grove. 717. 1996. 9781884446009.
- 2.Oxford University Press, Inc. Giacomo Cozzarelli. The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art. 2002.
- 3.Paul Schubring. Urbano da Cortona. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Schule Donatellos und der Sieneser Plastik im Quattrocento. Heitz und Mündel. 59. 1903. 0-543-94054-3.
- 4.M. Kuhlenthal. Des Grabmal Pietro Foscaris in S. Maria del Popolo in Rom: Ein Werk des Giovanni di Stefano. Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz. XXVI. 47–62. 1982.
- 5.L. Bellosi. Francesco di Giorgio e il Rinascimento a Siena, 1450–1500. 198–199,390–391. 1993.
- 6.Munman, Robert. Sienese Renaissance Tomb Monuments. 89–106, 118–119, 130–131. 1993.
- 7.Hellmut Wohl. Review of "Donatello Studien (Italienische Forschengen)". The Art Bulletin. 73. 2. 315–323. June 1991. 10.2307/3045797.
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- Oxford University Press, Inc. Giovanni di Stefano. The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art. 2002.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 132240459, Giovanni, di Stefano.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Getty Union List of Artist Names 500024431, Giovanni di Stefano da Siena.The Getty Research Institute
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q3768499: Giovanni di StefanoWikimedia Foundation
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