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Pietro Torrigiani (1472-1528)
Aliases:
Magistro Petro;
Master Peter;
Piero di Torrigiano d'Antonio;
Peter Thoryson;
Pedro Torrejano;
Pietro Torrigiano;
Petrus Torrisani;
Pietro Torrisano;
Petir Torrysany;
Pietro Torrysany;
Pierre Tourrisan;
Petrus Turrisan;
Petrus Turrizani
Professions:
Sculptor;
Painter
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Biography
(b
Florence,
22
Nov
1472;
d
Seville,
July
or
August
1528).
Italian
sculptor.
He
is
famous
both
as
the
man
who
broke
Michelangelo’s
nose
and
as
the
Florentine
artist
who
is
generally
credited
with
introducing
the
Italian
Renaissance
style
to
England.
He
was
a
brilliant
and
versatile
sculptor
and
also
one
of
the
first
Italian
Renaissance
artists
to
work
in
France,
the
Netherlands,
Spain
and
perhaps
Portugal.
Grove Art excerpts - Electronic ©2003, Oxford Art Online
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