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Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli (1507-1563)
Aliases:
Angelo di Michele d'Angelo da Poggibonsi;
Antonio di Michele d' Angelo da Poggibonsi;
il Montorsoli;
Giovanni Angelo Montorsi;
Giovan Angelo Montorsoli
Professions:
Sculptor;
Engraver;
Platerer
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Biography
(b
Montorsoli,
nr
Florence,
?1507;
d
Florence,
31
Aug
1563).
Italian
sculptor
and
architect.
After
a
three-year
apprenticeship
with
Andrea
di
Piero
Ferrucci,
he
worked
as
an
assistant
in
Rome
(producing
rosettes
on
the
cornices
of
St
Peter’s),
Perugia
and
Volterra.
He
then
went
to
Florence
to
work
on
the
New
Sacristy
(Medici
Chapel)
and
the
Biblioteca
Laurenziana
at
S
Lorenzo,
probably
from
1524;
the
influence
of
Michelangelo
was
to
prove
decisive.
Work
at
S
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