Vincenzo Danti
Vincenzo Danti (* 1530 in Perugia ; † May 26, 1576 ibid), brother of Ignazio Danti , was an Italian sculptor, goldsmith, military architect and poet of the Florentine school.
For the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence he designed the beheading of John the Baptist above the south gate and continued Andrea Sansovino's sculptural group The Baptism of Christ above the east gate. Other works are the bronze figure of Pope Julius III. in Perugia and a marble group at the entrance to the Boboli Gardens in Florence. In 1560 he measured himself against the established sculptors Bartolomeo Ammanati and Benvenuto Cellini in a competition to build the Neptune Fountain on the Piazza della Signoria . He was one of the first professors at the Accademia del Disegno in Perugia and also a city architect in Perugia.
literature
- Charles Davis , Beatrice Paolozzi Strozzi (eds.): I grandi bronzi del battistero. L'arte di Vincenzo Danti discepolo di Michelangelo. Exhibition cat. Florence, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, April 16 - September 7, 2008. Giunti, Florence 2008.
- Charles Avery: Studies in Italian Sculpture . The Pindar Press, London 2001. ISBN 1-899828-31-1
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Danti, Vincenzo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian sculptor, goldsmith, military architect and poet of the Florentine school |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1530 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Perugia |
DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 1576 |
Place of death | Perugia |