Alberto Arnoldi (or di Arnoldo) was a 14th-century
Italian
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sculptor and architect. He was born in
Florence
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.
In 1364, he made the colossal group of the
Madonna and Child
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with two angels (originally attributed by an error of
Giorgio Vasari
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to
Andrea Pisano
Andrea Pisano (Pontedera 12901348 Orvieto) also known as Andrea da Pontedera, was an Italian sculptor and architect.
Biography
Pisano first learned the trade of a goldsmith. Pisano then became a pupil of Mino di Giovanni, about 1300, and wor ...
) for the
Loggia del Bigallo
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Histo ...
in Florence. Arnoldi worked at this group from 1359 to 1364. As architect, he directed the works of
Florence Cathedral about 1358. The Museo dell'Opera del Duomo houses a marble relief from the base of the Florentine bell tower depicting the baptism attributed to Arnoldi. The date of the work is determined to be around 1375.
References
* cites:
**Cicognara, ''Storia della scultura''
External links
, by Stephan Bourgeois; ''Parnassus'', Vol. 7, No. 3 (Mar., 1935), pp. 7–8
Sculptors from Florence
Italian male sculptors
Architects from Florence
14th-century people of the Republic of Florence
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
Catholic sculptors
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