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Also Known As Francisco Salsillo • Francisco Salcillo • Francisco Salzillo y Alcaraz • Francisco Zarcillo
Born May 1707 • Murcia • Spain
Died March 2, 1783 (aged 75) • Murcia • Spain

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The Last Supper, polychrome wood sculpture by Francisco Salzillo, c. 1780; in the Salzillo Museum, Murcia, Spain.
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Italian artist
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Italian sculptor
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Italian painter
Head of God the Father
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Italian artist
The Murder of Abel, bas-relief panel by Jacopo della Quercia, 1425–38; on the Porta Maggiore of San Petronio, Bologna, Italy.
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Italian sculptor
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American sculptor
Saints Christopher, Eustace, and Erasmus
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Italian painter
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German architect
Francesco Di Giorgio
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Italian artist
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Italian sculptor
The tomb of the cardinal of Portugal, marble sculptural complex by Antonio Rossellino, 1461–66; in the church of S. Miniato al Monte, Florence.
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Tomb of St. Dominic, detail of a sculpture by Niccolò dell'Arca; in the church of San Domenico, Bologna, Italy.
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