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ANDREA BRIOSCO (c. 1470-1532)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 573 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANDREA See also:BRIOSCO (c. 1470-1532)  , See also:Italian sculptor and architect,known as Riccio (" See also:curly-headed "), was See also:born at See also:Padua . In See also:architecture he is known by the See also:church of Sta . Giustina in his native See also:city, but he is most famous as a worker in See also:metal . His masterpieces are the See also:bronze See also:Paschal See also:candelabrum (it ft. high) in the See also:choir of the Santo (S . See also:Antonio) at Padua (1515), and the two bronze reliefs (1507) of " See also:David dancing before the See also:Ark." and " See also:Judith and Holofernes " in the same church . His bronze and See also:marble See also:tomb of the physician See also:Girolamo della Torre in See also:San See also:Fermo at See also:Verona was beautifully decorated with reliefs, which were taken away by the See also:French and are now in the Louvre . A number of other See also:works which emanated from his workshop are attributed to him; and he has been suggested, but doubtfully, as the author of a See also:fine bronze See also:relief, a " See also:Dance of See also:Nymphs," in the See also:Wallace collection at See also:Hertford See also:House, See also:London .

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