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Facts

Born 1757 • Spain
Died December 1816 (aged 59) • Mexico City • Mexico
Movement / Style Neoclassical art

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Bronze equestrian statue of Charles IV by Manuel Tolsa, showing the king in regal attire on horseback in front of a historic stone building in Mexico City.
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Escalera Dorada (Golden Staircase), Burgos Cathedral, Spain, by Diego de Siloé, 1519–23.
Diego de Siloé
Spanish artist
Arnolfo di Cambio, statue by Luigi Pampaloni, 1830; near the Duomo, Florence.
Arnolfo di Cambio
Italian sculptor and architect
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Bernardo Rossellino
Italian sculptor
Maitani, Lorenzo: Orvieto Cathedral facade
Lorenzo Maitani
Italian sculptor
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Horatio Greenough
American sculptor and writer
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José Benito Churriguera
Spanish architect
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Joaquín Churriguera
Spanish architect
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Jerónimo de Balbás
Spanish architect and sculptor
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Alonso Cano
Spanish artist
Herrera, Juan de: Cathedral of Valladolid
Juan de Herrera
Spanish architect
Segovia: cathedral
Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón
Spanish architect
Segovia: cathedral
Juan Gil de Hontañón
Spanish architect
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Bartolommeo Carducci
Italian architect and sculptor
Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist
Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian artist
Filippo Brunelleschi
Filippo Brunelleschi
Italian architect
Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei in 2019, facing the camera and wearing a black zip-up jacket.
Ai Weiwei
Chinese activist and artist
Nervi
Pier Luigi Nervi
Italian engineer and architect
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Tony Smith
American architect, sculptor, and painter

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