\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 Italian painter, sculptor, and goldsmith. \par
He was one of the most versatile and significant Florentine artists of the f
ifteenth century. He started his career as a goldsmith and even in his sculpture remained faithful to the subtle line and taste for painstaking detail typical of the craft (\i Bust of Warrior\i0 , Florence, Museo Nazionale del Bargello; tomb of Sixtus IV
, Vatican, Treasury Museum). In his painting, the bodies have an exceptional formal rigor, deriving from a distinct and tense line, and are carefully inserted in space (\i Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian\i0 and \i Apollo and Daphne\i0 , London, National Ga
llery). A markedly dynamic interpretation of ancient models characterizes his frescoes depicting a \i Dance of Nudes\i0 in the Villa della Gallina (near Florence). He painted incisive portraits like the beautiful \i Profile of a Woman\i0 (Milan, Poldi
Pezzoli Museum). He was also one of the earliest engravers.
