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Born November 1, 1500 • Florence • Italy
Died February 13, 1571 (aged 70) • Florence • Italy
Movement / Style Mannerism • school of Fontainebleau
Subjects Of Study goldwork • sculpture

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Head of God the Father
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Leone Leoni
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Germain Pilon
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Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
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Marino Marini.
Marino Marini
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Desiderio da Settignano: A Little Boy
Desiderio da Settignano
Italian sculptor
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
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Portrait of Auguste Rodin standing indoors, wearing a buttoned, two-toned coat with a full beard and tousled hair, looking slightly to the side.
Auguste Rodin
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Jean-Antoine Houdon: Diana
Jean-Antoine Houdon
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Lysippus
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Epstein, Sir Jacob
Sir Jacob Epstein
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Manship, Paul
Paul Manship
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
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Lachaise, Gaston: Head of a Woman
Gaston Lachaise
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Psyche Abandoned, marble sculpture by Augustin Pajou, 1791.
Augustin Pajou
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Conrat Meit
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Piero del Pollaiuolo
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