Nanni di Banco

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(b Florence, c. 1380-85; d Florence, 1421). Italian sculptor. His father, Antonio di Banco (d 1415), a stone-carver at Florence Cathedral with whom he trained, was married in 1368, which provides a terminus post quem for Nanni's birth. On 2 February 1405 Nanni matriculated in the Arte di Pietra e Legname, the masons' guild, presumably to allow him into the cathedral workshops. He is first documented there on 31 December 1407, working with his father on the archivolt sculpture of the Porta della Mandorla.

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Quattro Santi Coronati, around 1408-15. Florence

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

He helped create the winning model for the Duomo of the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral in Florence (1418), under the leadership of Filippo Brunelleschi, alongside Donatello. His sculpture works for the church include the Assumption of the Virgin, just over the Porta della Mandorla.

Nanni di Banco's most famous work is perhaps the Quattro Santi Coronati (Four Saints) group, depicting the Four Crowned Martyrs, at Orsanmichele, completed about 1415 and strongly influenced by the classical tradition. The Four Crowned Martyrs were patron saints of the stonemasons' guild.

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

Main works

• St. Luke (1408) - Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence
• Quattro Santi Coronati (Four Saints) (1408-15) - Orsanmichele, Florence
• Assumption of the Virgin (1414-21) - Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence

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