Italian
sculptor and architect. Assistant to N. Pisano both on the shrine
of S. Dominic in Bologna and the pulpit at Siena. His statue of Charles of
Anjou (before 1277) is the 1st modern portrait statue by a known artist
and the design of his wall tomb of Cardinal de Braye (the cardinal lies on
a bier beneath the Madonna and Child in glory) was a model for over a c.
A. was an architect of the cathedral of S. Maria del Fiore and the church
of S. Croce, both Florence, and also carved the sculptural decoration on
the cathedral facade.
Tomb of Boniface VIII, marble, 1294-1296.
Musei Vaticani, Rome.
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