Antonio del Pollaiolo

Antonio Pollaiuolo (* um 1432 in Florence, † February 4, 1498 in Rome ) was an Italian sculptor, engraver and painter.

Pollaiuolo's name was really Antonio di Jacopo Benci del Pollaiuolo d'. He learned from his father, the goldsmith, he shared with his brother Piero at times the workshop.

He was - as Andrea del Verrocchio - as a goldsmith, medalist, ore caster and painter active. Of his paintings, the altarpiece of the Pucci family with the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian is emphasized. Also noteworthy is the bronze group with the slaying of Antaeus (also Hercules and Antaeus called ). Famous, however, the copper engraving struggle of naked men; because this is one of the first nudes, which suggested more in-depth study of human anatomy.

As ore caster created Pollaiuolo, appointed in 1484 by Pope Innocent VIII to Rome, the tombs of Pope Sixtus IV and Innocent VIII, both in St. Peter's Basilica.

The joint workshop of the brothers Pollaiuolo is the most famous in Renaissance Florence.

The eponymous son Antonio ( 1454-1509 ) (or he was the son of his brother Pietro? ) Has established itself as an architect, including through its conversion of the palace Strozzi known.

The Encyclopedia Britannica gives birth as " 17 Januar 1432/33 " to, other sources are uncertain.