Simone Bianco
Simone di Niccolò Bianco (1480s – after 1553), was an Italian Renaissance sculptor. • Illustration — Marble bust of an unknown Roman, by Bianco • Illustration — Bronze head of a child, by Bianco Born in Loro Ciuffenna, Tuscany, he spent his artistic career in Venice from 1512 onwards. He was known for sculpture of busts in marble and bronze all'antica. 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.
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- Name
- Simone Bianco
- Birth Name
- c. 1480–90
- Birthplace
- Loro Ciuffenna, Duchy of Florence (in modern Tuscany, Italy)
- Died
- after 1553
- Place of death
- Venice, Republic of Venice (in modern Italy)
- Known for
- Portrait busts
- Movement
- Italian Renaissance
- Born
- 1500 · Loro Ciuffenna.
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Languages
- Italian
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Simone Bianco (1482 – 1578) is described as a sculptor in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
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The birth of Simone Bianco is recorded in 1482, and the death in 1578.
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• Name — Simone Bianco • Birth Name — c. 1480–90 • Birthplace — Loro Ciuffenna, Duchy of Florence (in modern Tuscany, Italy) • Died — after 1553 • Place of death — Venice, Republic of Venice (in modern Italy) • Known for — Portrait busts • Movement — Italian Renaissance
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- 1.Museum, The J. Paul Getty. The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal: Volume 16, 1988. Getty Publications. November 2, 1989. 9780892361434.
- 2.Bacchi, Andrea. Rinascimento e passione per l'antico: Andrea Riccio e il suo tempo. Castello del Buonconsiglio, Monumenti e collezioni private. January 3, 2008. 9788877022233.
- 3.Leithe-Jasper, Manfred. Renaissance Master Bronzes: From the Collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Scala Books. January 3, 1986. 9780856672279.
- 4.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.
- 5.Huse, Norbert. The Art of Renaissance Venice: Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting, 1460-1590. University of Chicago Press. October 30, 1993. 978-0-226-36109-3.
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