Thought to be responsible for adding the bronze statues of Romulus and Remus to the Capitoline Wolf, his most important commissions were the sepulchral monuments in St. Peter's for Popes Sixtus IV and Innocent VIII.
Thought to be responsible for adding the bronze statues of Romulus and Remus to the Capitoline Wolf, his most important commissions were the sepulchral monuments in St. Peter's for Popes Sixtus IV and Innocent VIII. He often collaborated with his brother Piero on paintings and medals, but is more admired today for his efforts to study anatomy and apply it to his art - efforts which are evident in the eighteen-inch statuette for which he is best known and in his drawing Battle of the Ten Nudes. FTP name this Italian sculptor who created the dynamic group Hercules and Antaeus.
Thought to be responsible for adding the bronze statues of Romulus and Remus to the Capitoline Wolf, his most important commissions were the sepulchral monuments in St. Peter's for Popes Sixtus IV and Innocent VIII.
Antonio Pollaiuolo