Settignano is a frazione on a hillside northeast of Florence, Italy. The little borgo of Settignano carries a familiar name for having produced three...
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Desiderio da Settignano, real name Desiderio de Bartolomeo di Francesco detto Ferro (c. 1428 or 1430 – 1464) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor active...
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point. Florence lies in a basin formed by the hills of Careggi, Fiesole, Settignano, Arcetri, Poggio Imperiale and Bellosguardo (Florence). The Arno river...
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Robbia: glazed terracotta decoration of Cappella dei Pazzi Desiderio da Settignano: frieze in Cappella dei Pazzi Donatello: Cavalcanti Annunciation on the...
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dedicated to St. John the Baptist, began in 1491. Amedeo de Francisco di Settignano, also known as Meo del Caprino, designed it and completed the construction...
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Domenico Veneziano, now in the Berenson collection at Villa I Tatti in Settignano. It was auctioned by the Panciatichi family and acquired by Berenson for...
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History and Sketch for a Self-portrait.[citation needed] His residence in Settignano near Florence, which has been called "I Tatti" since at least the 17th...
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Carlo Balsamo di Specchia-Normandia (Taranto, 20 April 1890 – Settignano, 22 May 1960) was an Italian admiral, commander of the naval forces of Italian...
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his pupil Andrea Riccio (c. 1470 – 1532) in due course. Desiderio da Settignano may have acted as a younger colleague, and was the main other sculptor...
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According to Vasari, the statue stood on a column designed by Desiderio da Settignano in the middle of the courtyard of the old Palazzo Medici; an inscription...
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