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1530 - Vincenzo Danti was born in Perugia. His father was an architect and goldsmith.
1545 - He went to Rome to study sculpture.
1553 - He managed to secure a commission for a bronze statue of Pope Julius III.
1557 - He went to Florence.
1559 - He made a bronze relief depicting Moses and the Brazen Serpent.
1561 - He carved Honour Triumphs over Falsehood, a statue "in the round".
1567 - Started writing a book about rules of order and proportion in architecture.
1569-1571 he produced his most famous work, The Beheading of St John the Baptist.
1568- 1572 - Carved Cosimo I as Augustus.
1576 - He returned to Perugia where he died.
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Drawings and a letter by Vincenzo Danti by Hildegard Utz (Unknown Binding - Jul 19, 1975) |
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Vincenzo Danti: Scultore, 1530-1576 by Francesco Santi (Unknown Binding - Jul 19, 1989) |
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The chronology of Vincenzo Danti's first works in Florence by David Summers (Unknown Binding - Jul 19, 1972) |
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SCULPT VINCENZO DANTI (Outstanding dissertations in the fine arts) by Summers (Hardcover - Jul 1, 1979) |
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Vincenzo Danti 1530-1576 (Pocket library of studies in art) by Giovan Battista Fidanza (Unknown Binding - Jul 19, 1996) |
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