Adriano Fiorentino (1440–1499), also known as Adriano di Giovanni De' Maestri, was an Italian medallist and sculptor. Fiorentino was born in

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. His first job may have been as a servant in the house of

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. He later became a student of

Bertoldo di Giovanni Bertoldo di Giovanni (after 1420, in Poggio a Caiano – 28 December 1491, in Florence) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and medallist. Life Bertoldo was a pupil of Donatello. He worked in Donatello's workshop for many years, completing ...

, and worked for a long time as a maker of cannons under the command of

Virginio Orsini Gentile Virginio Orsini (c. 1434 – 8 January 1497) was an Italian condottiero and vassal of the papal throne and the Kingdom of Naples, mainly remembered as the powerful head of the Orsini family during its feud with Pope Alexander VI (Rodri ...

. In 1495 moved to

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, then later moved to Germany, but in 1499 he returned to his native city. Fiorentino died in 1499 in Florence.

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