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Pietro Torrigiano

(1472—1528) sculptor and draughtsman


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(1472–1528).

Florentine sculptor, whose fame rests both on having broken Michelangelo's nose, and on having brought the Italian Renaissance to England. His training is unclear, but he probably studied in ...

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Torrigiano, Pietro (22 Nov. 1472)
in The Oxford Dictionary of Art (3) Length: 374 words
Torrigiano (Torrigiani), Pietro (22 Nov. 1472)
in The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (4) Length: 378 words
Torrigiano, Pietro (1472–1528)
in The Oxford Companion to Western Art Length: 258 words
Torrigiano, Pietro (1472–1528)
in The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance Length: 268 words

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