Desiderio da Settignano
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Desiderio da Settignano, real name Desiderio de Bartolomeo di Francesco detto Ferro was an Italian Renaissance sculptor active in north Italy.
Imaginary portrait of Desiderio da Settignano for Vasari's Vite
Tabernacle, 1460–64, San Lorenzo, Florence
Memorial Tomb for Carlo Marsuppini, 1453–55, Santa Croce, Florence
Saint Jerome in the Desert, c. 1461, National Gallery of Art
Stiacciato
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Stiacciato or schiacciato is a technique where a sculptor creates a very shallow relief sculpture with carving only millimetres deep. The rilievo stiacciato is primarily associated with Donatello.
Donatello's Saint George Freeing the Princess of 1417, the first known stiacciato relief
Donatello, Pazzi Madonna, between 1420–30, Bode Museum, Berlin
Donatello, Assumption of the Virgin, on the Tomb of Cardinal Rainaldo Brancacci, 1426–28, Sant'Angelo a Nilo, Naples
Donatello, The Feast of Herod, Siena Baptistery, 1427