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Historical Artist - Desiderio da Settignano (1430 - 1464)
Desiderio was born in the village of Settignano located outside of Florence. Known as the place
where Michelangelo discovered his love of marble cutting, Desiderio da Settignano also took up
sculpture. He was following in the family tradition as his father was a stone carver and his
brothers were stonemasons. Desiderio is best known for his portrait busts and reliefs although
he also created freestanding statues and crucifixes. He might have collaborated with Donatello,
where he learned the technique of low relief. Desiderio joined the stone and woodworkers’
guild in 1453 and received his first and last commission to create a tomb in a Florentine
church. He came from a family of stone carvers and stone masons in Settignano, near Florence.
His work shows the influence of Donatello, specifically his use of low reliefs.
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