Jacopo della Quercia
Britishnoun
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Huddled in a corner were resin replicas of three marble Biblical figures by the Renaissance master Jacopo della Quercia.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 20, 2016
During this period Donatello executed some work for the baptismal font at S. Giovanni in Siena, which Jacopo della Quercia and his assistants had begun in 1416.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
In that of Jacopo della Quercia the figures were good, but they had no delicacy, although they were made with design and diligence.
From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 02 (of 10), Berna to Michelozzo Michelozzi by De Vere, Gaston du C.
The figure of the bear is again represented by Jacopo della Quercia, on the north door of the Cathedral of Florence.
From Mornings in Florence by Ruskin, John
Properzia was employed, with other artists, to finish the sculpture of the portal of San Petronio, left unfinished by Jacopo della Quercia.
From A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by Waters, Clara Erskine Clement
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