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figure of SanBastiano, the height of which is three braccia.
It is in full relief, and very beautiful, the drawing being
good, the attitude graceful, the execution delicate, and the
whole carefully finished.* In the church wherein the re-
mains of San Romolo are said to be deposited, there is also a
work by this sculptor—an altar-table, with three exceedingly
beautiful figures in three niches, with a similar altar-table
in the church of San Michele, whereon are likewise three
figures in marble. There is, besides, a statue of the Madonna
outside this church, which clearly proves the effort made by
Matteo to equal Jacopo, his master.
Another disciple of Jacopo della Quercia was the Bolog-
nesef Niccolo, who completed, among other works, the marble
tomb, beneath which reposes the body of San Domenico, an
undertaking commenced at Bologna by Niccolo Pisano, but
which that master left unfinished. This monument, richly
covered with figures and stories, was brought to perfection by
Niccolo of Bologna, who not only derived great profits there-
from, but also received that name of honour,“ Master Niccolo
dell’ Area,” which he ever afterwards retained. The sculptor
concluded his work in the year 1460, and having finished it,
be adorned the facade of the palace, wherein is now the resi-
dence of the legate of Bologna, with a statue of the Madonna
in bronze, four braccia high, which he fixed in its place in the
year 1478. This artist was, in brief, a truly able master,
and a worthy disciple of the Sienese, Jacopo della Quercia.
THE SCULPTOR NICCOLO, OP AREZZO.
[born . . .—WAS LIVING IN 1444.]
At the same time with Jacopo della Quercia, and attached to
the same pursuit of sculpture, in which he was equally dis-
* Mazzarosa, Lezioni, &c. considers this to be the first nude statue of
an adult executed after the revival of the arts.
f This is the renowned Niccolo d’Antonio, according to some writers
a native of Dalmatia ; but stated by others, and with more probability,
to have been a native of Bari, in Apuglia, brought to Bologna by his
father in early childhood, and therefore called a Bolognese. He died in
Bologna on the 2nd March 1494, or 1495, and cannot well have been a
disciple of Jacopo della Quercia.—See Marchese, Memorie, etc. vol. i, p. 87,
et seq.
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figure of SanBastiano, the height of which is three braccia.
It is in full relief, and very beautiful, the drawing being
good, the attitude graceful, the execution delicate, and the
whole carefully finished.* In the church wherein the re-
mains of San Romolo are said to be deposited, there is also a
work by this sculptor—an altar-table, with three exceedingly
beautiful figures in three niches, with a similar altar-table
in the church of San Michele, whereon are likewise three
figures in marble. There is, besides, a statue of the Madonna
outside this church, which clearly proves the effort made by
Matteo to equal Jacopo, his master.
Another disciple of Jacopo della Quercia was the Bolog-
nesef Niccolo, who completed, among other works, the marble
tomb, beneath which reposes the body of San Domenico, an
undertaking commenced at Bologna by Niccolo Pisano, but
which that master left unfinished. This monument, richly
covered with figures and stories, was brought to perfection by
Niccolo of Bologna, who not only derived great profits there-
from, but also received that name of honour,“ Master Niccolo
dell’ Area,” which he ever afterwards retained. The sculptor
concluded his work in the year 1460, and having finished it,
be adorned the facade of the palace, wherein is now the resi-
dence of the legate of Bologna, with a statue of the Madonna
in bronze, four braccia high, which he fixed in its place in the
year 1478. This artist was, in brief, a truly able master,
and a worthy disciple of the Sienese, Jacopo della Quercia.
THE SCULPTOR NICCOLO, OP AREZZO.
[born . . .—WAS LIVING IN 1444.]
At the same time with Jacopo della Quercia, and attached to
the same pursuit of sculpture, in which he was equally dis-
* Mazzarosa, Lezioni, &c. considers this to be the first nude statue of
an adult executed after the revival of the arts.
f This is the renowned Niccolo d’Antonio, according to some writers
a native of Dalmatia ; but stated by others, and with more probability,
to have been a native of Bari, in Apuglia, brought to Bologna by his
father in early childhood, and therefore called a Bolognese. He died in
Bologna on the 2nd March 1494, or 1495, and cannot well have been a
disciple of Jacopo della Quercia.—See Marchese, Memorie, etc. vol. i, p. 87,
et seq.
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