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ANTONIO (1429—1498)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 1 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ANTONIO (1429—1498) distinguished himself as a sculptor, jeweller, painter and engraver, and did valuable service in perfecting the See also:

ART

art of enamelling. His See also:

PAINTING

painting exhibits an excess x Iof brutality, of which the characteristics can be studied in the " See also:

SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint See also:

Sebastian," painted in 1475, and now in the See also:

NATIONAL

National See also:

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

Gallery, See also:

LONDON

London. A " St See also:

CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher and the See also:

INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

Infant See also:

Christ " is in the See also:

METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

Metropolitan Museum, New See also:

York. But it was as a sculptor and See also:

metal-worker that he achieved his greatest successes. The exact ascription of his See also:

WORKS

works is doubtful, as his See also:

BROTHER

brother See also:

PIERO (1443—1496)

Piero did much in collaboration with him. The museum of See also:

Florence contains the See also:

BRONZE

bronze See also:

GROUP

group " See also:

Hercules strangling Cacus " and the terra-See also:

cotta bust " The See also:

Young See also:

WARRIOR

Warrior "; and in the See also:

South See also:

KENSINGTON

Kensington Museum, London, is a bas-See also:

RELIEF

relief representing a contest. between naked men. In 1489 Antonio took up his See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence in See also:

Rome, where he executed the See also:

TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of See also:

SIXTUS

Sixtus IV. (1493), a See also:

composition in which he again manifested the quality of exaggeration in the anatomical features of the figures. In 1496 he went to Florence in See also:

order to put the See also:

FINISHING

finishing touches to the See also:

WORK

work already begun in the See also:

SACRISTY (through Fr. sacrist-le, from med. Lat. sacristies or sacristina)

sacristy of Santo Spirito. He died in 1498, having just finished his See also:

MAUSOLEUM

mausoleum of See also:

Innocent VIII., and was buried in the See also:

church of See also:

SAN

San Pietro in Vincula, where a See also:

MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument was raised to him near that of his brother.

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