Simone Bianco
Born
c. 1480–90

Loro Ciuffenna, Duchy of Florence
(in modern Tuscany, Italy)
DiedVenice, Republic of Venice
(in modern Italy)
after 1553
Known forPortrait busts
MovementItalian Renaissance

Simone di Niccolò Bianco (1480s – after 1553), was an Italian Renaissance sculptor.[1]

Marble bust of an unknown Roman, by Bianco
Bronze head of a child, by Bianco

Born in Loro Ciuffenna, Tuscany, he spent his artistic career in Venice from 1512 onwards.[2] He was known for sculpture of busts in marble and bronze all'antica.[3][4] Bianco was highly regarded by Johann Christoph Fugger and Pietro Aretino, and by Giorgio Vasari who gave him a brief mention in his Lives of the Artists.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Museum, The J. Paul Getty (November 2, 1989). The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal: Volume 16, 1988. Getty Publications. ISBN 9780892361434 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Bacchi, Andrea; Giacomelli, Luciana (January 3, 2008). Rinascimento e passione per l'antico: Andrea Riccio e il suo tempo. Castello del Buonconsiglio, Monumenti e collezioni private. ISBN 9788877022233 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Leithe-Jasper, Manfred; Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum (January 3, 1986). Renaissance Master Bronzes: From the Collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Scala Books. ISBN 9780856672279 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "SIMONE BIANCO (BEFORE 1512 - AFTER 1553) VENICE, THE HEAD FIRST HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY, THE SHOULDERS 17TH/18TH CENTURY - AN IDEALIZED WOMAN ALL'ANTICA". Sotheby's.
  5. ↑ Huse, Norbert; Wolters, Wolfgang (October 30, 1993). "The Art of Renaissance Venice: Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting, 1460-1590". University of Chicago Press – via Google Books.
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