Italian Renaissance Sculptor
Andrea Riccio was born Andrea Briosco in Padova but was nicknamed "Riccio" for his curly locks. He was trained as a goldsmith by his father, Ambrogio di Cristoforo Briosco. He later studied bronze casting under Bartolomeo Bellano, a pupil of Donatello. As an architect, he created models for the church of Santa Giustina in Padova.
Basilica di Sant'Antonio di Padova (on left)
His masterworks are The Paschal Candelabrum (1515) in the choir and the and the two bronze reliefs (1507) of David dancing before the Ark and Judith and Holofernes in the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua (Basilica di Sant'Antonio di Padova).
Work by Andrea Riccio can also be found in Museo Civico di Padova, Italy, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (see bronze Satyr on right).
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