Vincenzo Danti

Vincenzo Danti (* 1530 in Perugia, † May 26, 1576 ibid ), brother of Ignazio Danti, was an Italian sculptor, goldsmith, military architect and poet of the Florentine school.

For the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence, he designed the ' Beheading of John the Baptist ' on the south gate and continued Andrea Sansovino's sculpture group ' Baptism of Christ ' through the east gate. Further works are the bronze statue of Pope Julius III. in Perugia and a marble group at the entrance to the Boboli Gardens in Florence. In 1560 he measured himself against the established sculptors Bartolomeo Ammannati and Benvenuto Cellini in a competition for the construction of the Neptune fountain in Piazza della Signoria. He was one of the first professors at the Accademia del Disegno in Perugia and city architect in Perugia.