Marco d'Agrate

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San Bartolomeo . Statue of St. Bartholomew skinned alive in Milan Cathedral (1562).

Marco d'Agrate (around 1504 , † around 1574 in Milan ) was an Italian sculptor from the Cinquecento .

D'Agrate came from a Lombard family of sculptors and appeared for the first time as the artist of the tomb of Sforzino Sforza, a joint project with his brother Gianfrancesco for the Basilica of Santa Maria della Steccata in Parma . D'Agrate is documented for the first time in the service of the Milan Cathedral in 1522 . From 1541 to 1571 he was involved in the work on the facade of the Certosa di Pavia monastery north of Pavia . In 1547, d'Agrate was working on figures for the sarcophagi in the Milanese church of San Nazaro in Brolo . Between 1556 and 1558 he worked on the tomb of Giovanni del Contes in the Basilica di San Lorenzo di Milano . One of the most famous works by d'Agrate is the statue of St. Bartholomew from 1562 in the Milan Cathedral.

literature

  • Article by Marco d'Agrate Grove Art, Oxford University Press, here on Answers.com.

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SURNAME Agrate, Marco d '
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ferrari d'Agrate, Marco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH around 1504
DATE OF DEATH around 1574
Place of death Milan