Nanni di Banco
Italian artist
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| Intro | Italian artist | |
| A.K.A. | Nanni D'Antonio Banco Nanni D'Antonio Di Banco Nanni d'Antonio di Banco | |
| A.K.A. | Nanni D'Antonio Banco Nanni D'Antonio Di Banco Nanni d'Antonio di Banco | |
| Places | Italy | |
| was | Artist Sculptor Architect | |
| Work field | Arts Engineering | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1380, Florence, Province of Florence, Tuscany, Italy | |
| Death | 1 January 1421Florence, Province of Florence, Tuscany, Italy (aged 41 years) |
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Biography
Nanni d'Antonio di Banco (c. 1384 – 1421) was an Italian sculptor from Florence.
A contemporary of Donatello and Lorenzo Ghiberti, Nanni was a sculptor in fifteenth-century Florence. He is well known for his sculpture group Four Crowned Martyrs (Quattro Santi Coronati) (1412–15) which was commissioned by the stone carvers and wood workers guild for the Church of Orsanmichele. The significance of this work is not only the striking naturalism and individuality of the figures, but also the complexity of construction of a sculpture group.
Giorgio Vasari includes a biography of Nanni di Banco in his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects.
Main works
- St. Luke (1408-1415) - Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence
- Quattro Santi Coronati (Four Saints) (1408–15) - Orsanmichele, Florence
- Assumption of the Virgin (1414–21) - Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence