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