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Facts

Born c.1495 • Burgos • Spain
Died October 22, 1563 • Granada • Spain
Movement / Style Plateresque
Notable Family Members father Gil de Siloé

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Escalera Dorada (Golden Staircase), Burgos Cathedral, Spain, by Diego de Siloé, 1519–23.
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Egid Quirin Asam
German architect
Francesco Di Giorgio
Francesco di Giorgio
Italian artist
Equestrian statue of Charles IV, bronze by Manuel Tolsá, 1803; in Mexico City.
Manuel Tolsá
Spanish-born sculptor and architect
Herrera, Juan de: Cathedral of Valladolid
Juan de Herrera
Spanish architect
Ordóñez, Bartolomé: marble reliefs
Bartolomé Ordóñez
Spanish sculptor
Segovia: cathedral
Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón
Spanish architect
Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
Italian painter and architect
Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian artist
Filippo Brunelleschi
Filippo Brunelleschi
Italian architect
Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc.
Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
French architect
Andrea Orcagna
Italian painter
St. John's College Chapel
Sir George Gilbert Scott
British architect
Smithsonian Institution
James Renwick
American architect
Michelozzo: Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
Michelozzo
Italian artist
Arnolfo di Cambio, statue by Luigi Pampaloni, 1830; near the Duomo, Florence.
Arnolfo di Cambio
Italian sculptor and architect
Pietro Lombardo
Italian sculptor
Bernardo Rossellino
Italian sculptor
Antelami, Benedetto: Deposition from the Cross
Benedetto Antelami
Italian artist
Aleijadinho: prophet sculpture
Aleijadinho
Brazilian sculptor and architect
Maitani, Lorenzo: Orvieto Cathedral facade
Lorenzo Maitani
Italian sculptor

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