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    Settignano is a frazione on a hillside northeast of Florence, Italy. The little borgo of Settignano carries a familiar name for having produced three...
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    Desiderio da Settignano, real name Desiderio de Bartolomeo di Francesco detto Ferro (c. 1428 or 1430 – 1464) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor active...
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    Robbia: glazed terracotta decoration of Cappella dei Pazzi Desiderio da Settignano: frieze in Cappella dei Pazzi Donatello: Cavalcanti Annunciation on the...
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    point. Florence lies in a basin formed by the hills of Careggi, Fiesole, Settignano, Arcetri, Poggio Imperiale and Bellosguardo (Florence). The Arno river...
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    dedicated to St. John the Baptist, began in 1491. Amedeo de Francisco di Settignano, also known as Meo del Caprino, designed it and completed the construction...
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    Santa Maria Assunta is a Roman Catholic parish church located in Settignano, a frazione of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. A church at this site...
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    his pupil Andrea Riccio (c. 1470 – 1532) in due course. Desiderio da Settignano may have acted as a younger colleague, and was the main other sculptor...
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    material. Artists who worked for him included: Mino da Fiesole, Desiderio da Settignano, Donatello, Domenico Veneziano, Filippo Lippi and Pesellino. Pernis &...
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    Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, the Berenson Collection in Settignano and the National Gallery in London all have one each. Life of Christ Museum...
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    History and Sketch for a Self-portrait.[citation needed] His residence in Settignano near Florence, which has been called "I Tatti" since at least the 17th...
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    Carlo Balsamo di Specchia-Normandia (Taranto, 20 April 1890 – Settignano, 22 May 1960) was an Italian admiral, commander of the naval forces of Italian...
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    Michelangelo lived with a nanny and her husband, a stonecutter, in the town of Settignano, where his father owned a marble quarry and a small farm. There he gained...
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    Gozzoli Bertoldo di Giovanni Carlo Crivelli Cosimo Tura Desiderio da Settignano Domenico di Bartolo Domenico Ghirlandaio Domenico Veneziano Donatello...
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    Italian Mannerist sculptor active in Florence and Pisa. Born 1534 in Settignano, Tuscany, close to Florence. He was born the son of Gino Lorenzi, of a...
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    October 1905 – 23 February 1983) was an Italian fashion designer. Born in Settignano, Florence into a family of craftsmen, after the primary school at 11 years...
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    the Tournament. Chiesa began his youth career with Settignanese from Settignano, a frazione northeast of Florence, where he was coached by Fiorentina...
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    The sixteenth-century altar inside has been assigned to Balsimelli da Settignano, using a design by Mino da Fiesole. It has a painting (partially damaged...
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    1423–1425. It is now in the Berenson collection at Villa I Tatti in Settignano. It is dated to the artist's Florentine period due to stylistic similarities...
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    Domenico Veneziano, now in the Berenson collection at Villa I Tatti in Settignano. It was auctioned by the Panciatichi family and acquired by Berenson for...
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    According to Vasari, the statue stood on a column designed by Desiderio da Settignano in the middle of the courtyard of the Palazzo Medici; an inscription seems...
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    1511 – 13 April 1592) was an Italian architect and sculptor, born at Settignano, near Florence, Italy. He studied under Baccio Bandinelli and Jacopo Sansovino...
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    Bronzino – The Martyrdom of St Lawrence, fresco, north aisle Desiderio da Settignano – Pala del Sacramento, tabernacle, south aisle Donatello – two pulpits...
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    portrait busts. Mino's work was influenced by his master Desiderio da Settignano and by Antonio Rossellino, and is characterized by its sharp, angular...
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    Albert Museum, London Desiderio da Settignano, San Giovannino, ca. 1450–5, Bargello, Florence Desiderio da Settignano, Saint Jerome in the Desert, ca. 1461...
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    Michael and Sarah Stein emphasized Matisse. In April 1914 Leo relocated to Settignano, Italy, near Florence, and the art collection was divided. The division...
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    first cousin to Andrea Ferrucci. He was also influenced by Desiderio da Settignano and Andrea del Verrocchio. In 1463 he joined the Arte dei Maestri di Pietra...
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    Adoration of the Child, Benedetto Bonfigli, Berenson foundation Settignano, Florence  ...
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  • 1439 – Strasbourg Cathedral completed. c. 1430 – Luca Fancelli born in Settignano, near Florence (died c. 1494) c. 1433 – Fra Giovanni Giocondo born in...
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    Colle Melfa, Le Sode, Ponte Melfa, Rosanisco, Sabina, San Marciano, Settignano Government  • Mayor Adolfo Valente Area  • Total 29.89 km2 (11.54 sq mi)...
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    Battista del Cavaliere, was an Italian sculptor. Lorenzi was born in Settignano in 1527 or 1528. His father was Domenico di Piero Lorenzi. He was a cousin...
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