Sansovino

[ san-soh-vee-noh; Italian sahn-saw-vee-naw ]

noun

1. An·dre·a [ahn-, dre, -ah], Andrea Contucci, 1460–1529, Italian sculptor and architect.
2. his pupil Ja·co·po [yah, -kaw-paw], Jacopo Tatti, 1486–1570, Italian sculptor and architect.

Example Sentences

Rogers quotes Navagiero to the same effect; and Sansovino is more explicit still.

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The courtyard with its loggie was built by Andrea Sansovino in 1519.

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(Francesco della Rovere), beautiful works of Andrea di Sansovino.

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Infiltration of water had been observed in the roof of Sansovino's Loggetta where that roof joined the shaft of the Campanile.

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Sansovino, who executed the beautiful door, is said to have had it in hand for twenty years.

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