Nanni di Banco
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Giovanni di Antonio di Banco, called Nanni di Banco, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence. He was a contemporary of Donatello – both are first recorded as sculptors in the accounts of the
Nanni di Banco
Main relief of the Assumption, Porta di Mandorla, Florence Cathedral, Nanni di Banco
Quattro Santi Coronati, around 1408-15. Orsanmichele, Florence
Four Crowned Martyrs
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The Four Crowned Martyrs or Four Holy Crowned Ones were nine individuals who are venerated as martyrs and saints of Early Christianity. The nine saints are divided into two groups:
Nanni di Banco
…located on the north side of Orsanmichele. Nanni di Banco was a contemporary of Donatello and Lorenzo Ghiberti. He is well known for his sculpture group Four Crowned Saints (Quattro Santi Coronati, c. 1416) which was commissioned by the stone carvers and wood workers guild for the Church of Orsanmichele. Demonstrating his…
Quattro Santi Coronati di Nanni di Banco, 1409 1417
Basilica of Santi Quattro Coronati.