Andrea Ferrucci (1465–1526), also known as Andrea di Piero Ferruzzi and as Andrea da Fiesole, was an Italian sculptor who was born in Fiesole, Tuscany, in 1465. He was a first cousin once removed of the artist Francesco di Simone Ferrucci (1437–1493), under whom he studied. According to Vasari's ''

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'', Andrea Ferrucci was also a student of Michele Maini, also from Fiesole. He was working for King Ferdinand I of Naples in 1487 and married the daughter of Antonio di Giorgio Marchesi (1451–1522) the King’s architect and military engineer. From 1512 to 1518, he superintended the work on the

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, for which he himself executed a statue of Saint Andrew. In 1519, for Archbishop

Tamás Bakócz Tamás Bakócz (1442, in Erdőd15 June 1521, in Esztergom) was a Hungarian archbishop, cardinal and statesman. He was the son of a wagoner and was adopted by his uncle, who trained him for the priesthood and whom he succeeded as rector of Tét ...

(†1521) he provided the design for the marble altar for the Bakócz chapel at

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, which is the earliest and most significant surviving Renaissance building in Hungary. His half-length bust of

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(''illustration'') adorns Santa Maria del Fiore, the Duomo of Florence. Andrea Ferrucci - Saint Catherine of Alexandria - Walters 27579

Among his masterworks is the bas-reliefs surrounding the baptismal font at the

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. The marble reliefs depict scenes from the life of St John the Baptist and are contained in panels inside a temple front-like niche.

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possesses a marble reredos from his hand, and the

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, Florence, has a ''Holy Family''. Other works of Ferrucci are the tombs of the two Saliceti in

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(1403) and San Domenico (1412), Bologna, decorations in

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, and the Strozzi tomb in

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, Florence, begun by him and finished by Casini and Boscoli. Andrea Ferrucci was the teacher of

Silvio Cosini Silvio Cosini (Poggibonsi, c. 1495- Milan, after 1547) was an Italian sculptor and stuccoist, mainly active in Florence. His works were in the style of Michelangelo, though he was trained by Andrea Ferrucci in Florence. Ferrucci obtained for him h ...

and

Giovanni Mangone Giovanni Mangone (born towards the end of 15th century, died 25 June 1543) was an Italian artist active almost exclusively in Rome during the Renaissance. Mangone's skills were manifold: he worked as sculptor, architect, stonecutter and building ...

.Ghisetti Giavarina (2007) He died in Florence in 1526.

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References

* Apfelstadt, Eric, "Andrea Ferrucci's 'Crucifixion' Altar-Piece in the Victoria and Albert Museum", ''The Burlington Magazine'', Vol. 135, No. 1089 (Dec., 1993), 807–817. * * Vasari, Giorgio, ''Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori'', many editions and translations. * Witt Library, ''A Checklist of Painters c. 1200–1976 Represented in the Witt Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, London'', London, Mansell Information Publishing, 1978. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrucci, Andrea 1465 births 1526 deaths People from Fiesole 15th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 16th-century Italian sculptors