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Abaisi, Alberto  

Italian, 15th century, male.

Active in Venice.

Sculptor. Religious subjects.

Venetian School.

Alberto Abaisi collaborated with his brother Arduino on woodcarvings for the sacristy of the bishop's palace in Ferrara, but was most active in Venice, where he lived from 1436 to 1451.

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Abaisi, Nicolo  

Italian, 15th century, male.

Active in Bologna.

Sculptor. Religious subjects.

Bolognese School.

Nicolo Abaisi was a woodcarver who collaborated with Biagio Abaisi on the church of S Michele in Bosco near Ferrara in 1454.

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Abate, Pier Antonio dell'  

Italian, 15th century, male.

Active at the end of the 15th century.

Sculptor. Religious subjects. Decorative schemes.

Venetian School.

According to records, from 1462 to 1486 Pier Antonio dell'Abate, together with the brothers Lorenzo and Cristoforo Canozi da Lendinara, produced woodcarvings for stalls in the churches of S Antonio in Padua, Santa in Monta in Venice and S Francisco in Treviso. Elements of his work can still be found in Ferrara....

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Abelloos, Michel  

Flemish School, 19th century, male.

Born 28 January 1828, in Louvain; died 19 April 1881, in Louvain.

Sculptor. Religious subjects.

In his work, Michel Abelloos sought to return to the tradition of the early masters. He executed the high altar of the church of St Basil in Bruges after drawings by Baron Jean Béthune. He was also responsible for the impressive high altar of St-Cruces near Bruges. Other examples of his work can be found in Belgium, the north of France and England....

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Abeloos, Jean François  

Dutch, 19th century, male.

Born in Louvain.

Sculptor. Religious subjects. Statues, busts.

Jean François Abeloos was a pupil of Karel Geerts. In 1855 he was made professor at the academy of arts in Louvain, replacing his former teacher. He produced a large number of sculptures, examples of which can be found in churches in Belgium. At the Brussels exhibition of ...

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Ableitner, Balthasar  

German, 17th century, male.

Born 1613, in Miesbach; died 1705, in Munich.

Sculptor, draughtsman. Religious subjects.

An artist in the employ of the Elector of Bavaria, he produced a considerable number of works, notably four large evangelical figures beside the high altar and angel figures in the choir of St Cajetan's in Munich. Several works by him are found in other churches in Munich. In ...

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Ableitner, Franz  

German, 18th century, male.

Born in Munich; died 1728.

Sculptor. Religious subjects.

Son and pupil of Balthasar Ableitner. His most familiar works are a sculpted Seated Virgin above the doorway of the Bürgersaal in Munich and the altar in St Theresa's Chapel in Trinity church....

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Ableitner, Johann  

German, 17th century, male.

Active Bavarian, active in Munich at the beginning of the 17th century.

Sculptor. Religious subjects.

No works can be attributed with certainty to this artist. A wooden figure of Paul the Apostle in St Peter's church used to be linked with him, but the inventory indicates it belonged to Balthasar Ableitner. He is known to have sculpted a ...

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Absiel, F.  

Dutch, 18th century, male.

Sculptor. Religious subjects. Statues.

This artist carved a marble statue of the Virgin for the Catholic church in Amsterdam.

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Achmuller, Georg or Jorig  

German, 15th century, male.

Sculptor. Religious subjects.

Viennese School.

Achmuller was one of six sculptors who decorated the pulpit of the cathedral of St Stephen in Vienna under the direction of Hans von Bracheditz.

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Adam, Laurent  

French, 15th century, male.

Active during the second half of the 15th century.

Born in Auxerre.

Sculptor. Religious subjects.

Laurent Adam sculpted the episcopal throne in Rouen Cathedral from 1465 to 1469. This work was lost during the French Revolution.

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Adler, Johann Georg  

German, 18th century, male.

Died 1741.

Sculptor.

He is recorded as being in Dresden in 1729. He worked on sculptural ornaments at the court Catholic church in the city.

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Aegidius von Wiener-Neustadt  

Austrian, 15th century, male.

Active in Padua, in 1420.

Sculptor. Religious subjects. Statues.

Paduan School.

Aegidius von Wiener-Neustadt sculpted a statue of The Archangel St Michael in Padua for the neighbouring parish of Montermerlo.

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Agabiti, Pietro Paolo  

Italian, 16th century, male.

Active from 1511 to 1540.

Born in Sassoferrato (Ancona); died, in Cupramontana (Ancona).

Painter, sculptor, architect. Religious subjects.

Many of Pietro Paolo Agabiti's paintings decorate the churches of his native town. Santa Maria del Piano has a Virgin with St Catherine and St John the Baptist...

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Agostino D'antonio di Duccio  

Italian, 15th century, male.

Born 1418, in Florence; died before 1498, in Perugia.

Sculptor, architect. Religious subjects.

Florentine School, Perugian School.

The son of the weaver Antonio di Duccio, Agostino d'Antonio di Duccio produced works in marble and terracotta of the Della Robbia type. His earliest known works are four low reliefs in Modena Cathedral. While living in Florence in ...

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Agostino di Giovanni  

Italian, 13th – 14th century, male.

Born in Siena; died 1350.

Sculptor. Religious subjects. Statues, monuments.

Sienese School.

Agostino di Giovanni was a product of the Pisani School. He married in 1310 and had two sons, Giovanni and Domenico, who were chosen as 'capomaestri' for the construction of Siena Cathedral. He often worked with the former....

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Agreda, Manuel de  

Spanish, 18th – 19th century, male.

Born 1773, in Haro; died 1843.

Sculptor. Religious subjects, mythological subjects.

Brother of Esteban Agreda, he became a member of the Real Academia de San Fernando in Madrid in 1827. The church in the Spanish town of Haro has three statues of saints sculpted by this artist. From ...

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Aguila, Luis del  

Spanish, 16th century, male.

Sculptor. Religious subjects.

School of Seville.

Luis del Aguila worked in Jaen under the direction of Pedro de Valdelviria. He was summoned to Seville Cathedral in 1553 to assess the work on the sides of the high altar tabernacle.

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Agullo y Just, Pascual  

Spanish, 19th century, male.

Active in Spain.

Sculptor. Religious subjects.

A pupil of Cloostermans, Agullo became a member of the academy of arts in Valencia in 1828, and was appointed director of the department of sculpture. He sculpted works for the eastern Spanish towns of Potries, Orihuela and Almoradí....

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Agustone, Francesco  

Italian, 17th century, male.

Sculptor, modeller. Religious subjects.

Worked on Osimi Cathedral near Ancona in 1660 and subsequently at Matelica and La Sapienza in Rome.