Crucifix of Botticino, post 1517, Diocesan Museum of Brescia
Born
1484
Died
1543
Known for
Sculpture
Movement
High Renaissance
Maffeo Olivieri (1484 in Brescia – 1543 or 1544) was an Italian sculptor and wood carver. Often associated with his younger brother Andrea, he was active in Lombardy, Venice and Trentino. He was known for his bronze, wood and marble creations, and considered the premier sculptor in early sixteenth century Brescia.[1]
MaffeoOlivieri (1484 in Brescia – 1543 or 1544) was an Italian sculptor and wood carver. Often associated with his younger brother Andrea, he was active...
presumptions, first among them the unfounded attribution of the work to MaffeoOlivieri. The real history of the monument, still partially incomplete, has...
appear in the 1520s. In 1521, Simone Rovati stipulated a contract with MaffeoOlivieri for a wooden altarpiece to be placed on an unspecified altar within...
mostra. Milan: Skira. ISBN 88-8491-533-3. Rossi, Francesco (1977). "MaffeoOlivieri e la bronzistica bresciana del '500". Arte Lombarda (47/48). Zani,...
convento di S. Giuseppe in Brescia. Bornato. Rossi, Francesco (1977). "MaffeoOlivieri e la bronzistica bresciana del '500". Arte Lombarda (47/48). Valentini...
Giustiniani and the allegory of Divine Wisdom Saint Rock nursed by an angel MaffeoOlivieri The Botticino Crucifix, wood, after 1517 Giovanni Battista Pittoni...
November 18 – George Courthope, English politician (b. 1616) November 28 Maffeo Barberini, Prince of Palestrina (b. 1631) Nicolas de Neufville de Villeroy...
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