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
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
The central portal is considered the masterpiece of Jacopo della Quercia, who was not overpaid by the three thousand golden florins he received for the work, considering that it took him twelve years to complete.
From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe
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
He was evidently much more occupied in studying and assimilating the imposing manner of Jacopo della Quercia, his indolent and heavy but powerful Siennese precursor, than in meditating on the prophecies of Savonarola.
From Michelangelo by Rolland, Romain
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