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Jacopo della Quercia

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/ ˈjaːkopo ˌdela ˈkwɛrtʃa /

noun

  1. ?1374–1438, Italian Renaissance sculptor: best known for his marble reliefs of scenes from Genesis around the portal of S. Petronio, Bologna (1425–35)

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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

The excellent bust of the Baptist, 383, by Desiderio da Settignano is officially assigned to Donatello, and the coloured Virgin and Child in wood to the Sienese Jacopo della Quercia.

From The Story of Paris by Kimball, Katherine

Donatello, Luca della Robbia, Jacopo della Quercia, and Ghiberti were greater men in sculpture than their contemporaries in painting.

From Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by Crawford, David Lindsay, Earl of

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.

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

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