Thomas Patch popularized this man's most famous work in a series of engravings and brought plaster casts of it to England.
Thomas Patch popularized this man's most famous work in a series of engravings and brought plaster casts of it to England. His autobiography and other assorted writings, which included notes on optics, were collected in his Commentarii, and he was an avid collector of classical sculptures such as the "Bed of Polyclitus." More famous is this man's work on the shrine of St. Zenobius, as well as statues of John the Baptist, Matthew, and Stephen, while his most famous creations depict scenes such as the visit of the Queen of Sheba and the drunkenness of Noah. Famous for winning a competition against Jacopo della Quercia and Fillippe Brunelleschi, FTP, name this architect who depicted the sacrifice of Isaac on the "gates of paradise" for the Florence baptistry.
Thomas Patch popularized this man's most famous work in a series of engravings and brought plaster casts of it to England.
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