Nanni di Banco

Nanni di Bamco
Born	c. 1385
Died	1421
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Sculptor
Movement	Italian Renaissance

Nanni d'Antonio di Banco (c. 1384 – 1421) was an Italian sculptor from Florence.

A contemporary of Donatello and Lorenzo Ghiberti, Nanni was a sculptor in fifteenth-century Florence. He is well known for his sculpture group Four Crowned Martyrs (Quattro Santi Coronati) (1412–15) which was commissioned by the stone carvers and wood workers guild for the Church of Orsanmichele. The significance of this work is not only the striking naturalism and individuality of the figures, but also the complexity of construction of a sculpture group.

Giorgio Vasari includes a biography of Nanni di Banco in his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects.

Orsanmichele Santa maria del fiore Fifteenth Century

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