Andrea di Alessandro was an Italian sculptor of the
Renaissance
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period. He was born in
Brescia
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and active there and in
Venice
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during the latter half of the 16th century. He was a pupil of
Alessandro Vittoria
Alessandro Vittoria funerary monument - San Zaccaria, Venice
Alessandro Vittoria (1525–1608) was an Italian Mannerist sculptor of the Venetian school, "one of the main representatives of the Venetian classical style" and rivalling Giamb ...
, and his masterpiece is the bronze candelabra for the church of
Santa Maria della Salute
Santa Maria della Salute ( en, Saint Mary of Health), commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy.
It stands on the nar ...
in Venice.
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Getty ULAN entry
Artists from Brescia
Renaissance sculptors
16th-century Italian sculptors
Italian male sculptors
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
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