Benedetto Grazzini, best known as Benedetto da Rovezzano (1474 - c. 1552) was an Italian architect and sculptor who worked mainly in Florence . He was born in Pistoia in 1474, and adopted the name Rovezzano from the quarter of Florence in which he lived. His most important works include: Pandolfini Chapel and cloister of the Badia Fiorentina. Benedetto da Rovezzano. Florentine, 1474 - c. 1554. Benedetto di Bartolomeo de' Grazini; Grazzini, Benedetto de'
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Benedetto da Rovezzano, who worked in England from 1519 to around 1540, was a contemporary of Michelangelo working in marble, stone and bronze. One of his earliest commissions in 1508 was to finish Michelangelo's bronze 'David' (now lost), proving that his metal working skills were already very much in demand. Benedetto Grazzini, best known as Benedetto da Rovezzano (1474 - c. 1552) was an Italian architect and sculptor who worked mainly in Florence. Portrait of Benedetto Grazzini Panel from the sarcophagus of St. John Gualbert, Museum of San Salvi, Florence. Relief from an altar, carved between 1517 and 1520, in the National Gallery of Art Artist: Benedetto da Rovezzano (Italian, 1474-ca. 1554) Date: 1524-1529 Medium: Bronze Dimensions: 40 9/16 × 17 15/16 × 14 3/16 in., 391.3 lb. (103 × 45.5 × 36 cm, 177.5 kg) Classification: Sculpture-Bronze Credit Line: Victoria and Albert Museum, London Accession Number: TUD.080 European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at The Met 18/1471 This image is from a book Le Vite De' Piu Eccellenti Pittori, Scultori, E Architettori Scritte Da M. Giorgio Vasari Pittore Et Architetto Aretino, Di Nuovo dal Medesimo Riviste Et Ampliate Con I Ritratti Loro Et con l'aggiunta delle Vite de' vivi, & de' morti Dall'anno 1550. infino al 1567. Prima, e Seconda Parte.
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Benedetto da Rovezzano, a pupil and collaborator of Michelangelo's, produced a number of terra-cotta sculptures of the saint. This adolescent's idealized face, with a narrow, straight nose and lively, layered hair, embodies the ideal of male youths found in Florentine Renaissance art. Web Gallery of Art, searchable fine arts image database BENEDETTO DA ROVEZZANO (b. 1474, Canapale, d. 1554, Vallombrosa) Biography Italian sculptor, active also in England. The son of Bartolommeo de' Grazzini, Benedetto took his name from the town outside Florence where he owned a farm. Plaster cast, painted plaster, after the bronze candelabrum in St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent and originally intended for the tomb of King Henry VIII, by Benedetto da Rovezzano, London, 1530-36. Cast by M. van den Broeck, in Brussels, around 1865. Object details About this object record Benedetto da Rovezzano ( Benedetto Grazzini) ( Canapale, 1474 - Vallombrosa, 1554 circa) è stato uno scultore e architetto italiano . Ebbe il nome da Rovezzano perché abitò fin da piccolo nella borgata di Rovezzano . Indice 1 Biografia 2 Opere 3 Bibliografia 4 Altri progetti 5 Collegamenti esterni Biografia
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Large print exhibition text The Tudors Art and Majesty in Renaissance England Though the Tudor dynasty ruled for only three generations, it oversaw the transformation of England from an impoverished backwater to a major European power operating on a global stage. Help Category:Benedetto da Rovezzano From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository Art of Benedetto da Rovezzano. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. C Candlesticks by Benedetto da Rovezzano from the tomb of Henry VIII of England (7 F) Cappella Gondi in Santa Maria Novella (1 C, 14 F) O
The Wolsey Angels were made by the Italian sculptor, Benedetto da Rovezzano (1474 - 1554), to adorn a magnificent tomb commissioned by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. After the English Civil War, the Angels disappeared, and were only recently rediscovered, having stood unrecognised on the gateposts of a stately home in Northamptonshire.. Henry VIII sits in pomp in a painting by Holbein. His son Edward VI, crowned at nine and dead by 15, bears a rose of his own in his portrait. Last come Edward's two older half sisters, by two.
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Benedetto da Rovezzano by Marie Louise Adelaide Handley.. The mutilated fragments, five reliefs from the life of the saint, are in the Bargello. Benedetto executed many tombs, chiefly architectural in design, with ornaments in sculpture. The monument of Odde Altoviti, Church of SS. Apostoli, Florence, done in 1507, is by him; the monument of. Welcome to "Art, Culture & Books" with me Anthony King. Today I'll be taking you on a video and photographic tour of The Wolsey Angels by Benedetto da Rovezz.
