200px, Arca of Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Cremona Cathedral. Benedetto Briosco (c.1460–c.1517) was an Italian

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sculptor and architect, active in

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. Briosco was born in

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, and is thought to have apprenticed in Milan. His ''sepulchre monument of Ambrogio Grifi'' (1489) in the church of San Pietro in Gessate in

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

is his first documented work. The statue is characterized by a crude realism. Also from his early years in Milan, in which he collaborated with Francesco Cazzaniga, are the ''Brivio Monument'' in the

Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio The Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio is a church in Milan in northern Italy, which is in the Basilicas Park city park. It was for many years an important stop for pilgrims on their journey to Rome or to the Holy Land, because it was said to contain th ...

(1489) and the ''Della Torre Monument'' in Santa Maria delle Grazie (1483–1484). From around 1492 he was involved in the sculptural program of the

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. He collaborated on the decoration of the façade with

Giovanni Antonio Amadeo 260px, Amadeo, Milan Cathedral Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (c. 1447 – 27 or 28 August 1522) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor of the Early Renaissance, architect, and engineer. He dominated late fifteenth-century Lombard architecture and sculptu ...

, and after the death of Amadeo he took over as sole director of the design and sculpting of the main portal (1501–1507). He also worked on the tomb of

Gian Galeazzo Visconti Gian Galeazzo Visconti (16 October 1351 – 3 September 1402), was the first duke of Duchy of Milan, Milan (1395) and ruled that late-medieval city just before the dawn of the Renaissance. He also ruled Lombardy jointly with his uncle Bernabò V ...

(under

Giovanni Cristoforo Romano Giovanni Cristoforo (or Giancristoforo) Romano (1456–1512) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and medallist. Born in Rome to Isaia da Pisa, he was probably a pupil of Andrea Bregno. His first known works are in the Ducal Palace of Urbino, ...

). In 1508-13 he worked in the

Cathedral of Cremona Cremona Cathedral (, ''Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta''), dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Catholic Church, Catholic cathedral in Cremona, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is the seat of the Bishop of Cremona. Its bell t ...

(sculpting the ''Urn of Saints Peter and Marcellinus''). Traveling from Lombardy to Piedmont, in the church of San Giovanni in

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he built the tomb of

Ludovico II of Saluzzo Ludovico II del Vasto (23 March 1438 in Saluzzo – 27 January 1504) was marquess of Saluzzo from 1475 until his death. Before his accession as marquis he held the title of Count of Carmagnola. Biography Ludovico was the son of Ludovico I of Sal ...

. He sculpted the noteworthy statue of "St. Anne" for the

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(1492), now in the cathedral's museum. From 1495 is the ''Longhignana monument'' once in the church of San Pietro in Gessate, and now in the Palazzo Borromeo on the Isola Bella in Lake Maggiore.

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