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Agostino di Duccio
Italian sculptor
Agostino di Duccio (1418 – c. 1481) was an early RenaissanceItalian sculptor.
Born in Florence, he worked in Prato with Donatello and Michelozzo, who influenced him greatly.
In 1441, he was accused of stealing precious materials from a Florentine monastery and was banished from his native city as a result. The following year he continued the work on the altar of S. Geminiano for the Cathedral of Modena,[1] a work noticeable for the influence of Michelozzo.[citation needed]
In 1446, he studied late Gothic sculpture in Venice and met Matteo de' Pasti, a fellow sculptor who called on him to execute the sculptural decoration of the Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini,[2] where he stayed from 1449 to 1457.[1] The decorations were supposed to be a sort of medieval encyclopedia, with reliefs of zodiacal and other allegorical and mythological figures.[citation needed]
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