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Niccolo Dell'Arce

Sculptor of expressive and dramatic terracotta sculptures of early Renaissance by Niccolo dell.Arca (c1435-94). Eclectic sculptor of south Italian origin, active in Bologna from 1462 as a carver in marble and a modeller in terracotta. His ‘surname’ is derived from the tomb – arca – of St Dominic by Nicola Pisano, Bologna, San Domenica Maggiore, for which Niccolo carved a lid decorated with marble statuettes. His style here, as in his large Madonna di Piazza (1478, Bologna) demonstrates knowledge of both Burgundian and Tuscan sculpture. Niccolo’s masterpiece is universally acknowledged to be his dramatically expressive terracotta group of Lamentation, originally polychrome, anticipating the more placid terracotta groups of Guido Mazzoni. “ The Yale Dictionary of Art & Artists p495.

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