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Bust of Marsilio Ficino by Andrea Ferrucci, in Florence Cathedral

Andrea Ferrucci (1465-1526), also known as Andrea di Piero Ferruzzi and as Andrea da Fiesole was an Italian sculptor who was born in Fiesole, Italy in 1465. He was a first cousin once removed of the artist Francesco di Simone Ferrucci (1437-1493).

According to Giorgio Vasari in his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects Andrea Ferrucci was a student of Michèle Maini from Fiesole. He was working for King Ferdinand I of Naples in 1487 and married the daughter of Antonio di Giorgio Marchesi (1451-1522) the King’s architect and military engineer. Andrea Ferrucci was the teacher of Silvio Cosini and died in Florence in 1526.

References

  • Apfelstadt, Eric, Andrea Ferrucci's 'Crucifixion' Altar-Piece in the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 135, No. 1089 (Dec., 1993), 807-817.
  • Vasari, Giorgio, Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori, many editions and translations.
  • Witt Library, A Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 Represented in the Witt Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, London, Mansell Information Publishing, 1978.
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