Simone Bianco Explained

Simone Bianco
Birth Place:Loro Ciuffenna, Duchy of Florence
Death Date:Venice, Republic of Venice
Death Place:after 1553
Known For:Portrait busts
Movement:Italian Renaissance

Simone di Niccolò Bianco (1480s – after 1553), was an Italian Renaissance sculptor.[1] Born in Loro Ciuffenna, Tuscany, he spent his artistic career in Venice from 1512 onwards.[2] He was known for sculpture of busts in marble and bronze all'antica.[3] [4] 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.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Museum, The J. Paul Getty. The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal: Volume 16, 1988. November 2, 1989. Getty Publications. 9780892361434 . Google Books.
  2. Book: Rinascimento e passione per l'antico: Andrea Riccio e il suo tempo. Andrea. Bacchi. Luciana. Giacomelli. January 3, 2008. Castello del Buonconsiglio, Monumenti e collezioni private. 9788877022233 . Google Books.
  3. Book: Renaissance Master Bronzes: From the Collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Manfred. Leithe-Jasper. Kunsthistorisches Museum. Wien. January 3, 1986. Scala Books. 9780856672279 . Google Books.
  4. Web site: Sotheby's. 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.
  5. Web site: The Art of Renaissance Venice: Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting, 1460-1590. Norbert. Huse. Wolfgang. Wolters. October 30, 1993. University of Chicago Press. Google Books.

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