Niccolò di Piero Lamberti ( – 1451), also known as Niccolò di Pietro Lamberti, Niccolo Aretino, Niccolò d'Arezzo and il Pela, was an

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and architect. Little is known about his life other than that he was married in

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in 1392. His son, Piero di Niccolò Lamberti (1393–1435), was also a sculptor, and the two are notable for exporting the Tuscan style of sculpture to Venice, where they were active in the late 1410s and 1420s. By 1391 he was working on the Porta della Mandorla of the

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. In 1401 he was one of the artists who participated in the contest that was held to design the North doors of the

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, won by

Lorenzo Ghiberti Lorenzo Ghiberti (, , ; 1378 – 1 December 1455), born Lorenzo di Bartolo, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence, a key figure in the Early Renaissance, best known as the creator of two sets of bronze doors of the Florence Baptister ...

. In 1408 he was chosen as one of three sculptors to create one of the seated

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(''Saint Mark'') for Florence Cathedral. This statue was completed in 1415 and is now in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.Pope-Hennessy, 273; Munman, 207 He was later active in both

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and

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. In Venice, his significant role in the sculpture of the upper storey of the

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façade is notable. In Florence, in addition to his statue of ''Saint Luke'' at

Orsanmichele Orsanmichele or Orsammichele (; from the Tuscan contraction of ''Orto di San Michele'', "Kitchen Garden of St. Michael") is a church in the Italian city of Florence. The building was constructed on the site of the kitchen garden of the monaster ...

, he sculpted a ''Saint James the Major'', on the southern façade for the Guild of Furriers and Skinners. Lamberti is also responsible for two series of capitals at Orsanmichele, one on the right side of the arcade of the eastern façade and one on the left side of the arcade of the southern façade.Grifton, et al, 108,70

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Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors Architects from Florence 14th-century Italian architects 15th-century Italian architects 1370s births 1451 deaths {{Italy-architect-stub