The first comprehensive study of an important Italian Renaissance Bronze-Caster by a leading authority.
His style has been described as having similarities both with the High Renaissance of Sansovino and the Mannerism of Vittoria, the two successive master-sculptors of 16th-century Venice.
A nucleus of sculptures cast by Andrea di Alessandri, commonly called from his native city, "Il Bresciano," or from his products, "Andrea dai bronzi," has been identified over the centuries.
The first comprehensive study of an important Italian Renaissance Bronze-Caster by a leading authority