# Bust of Marsilio Ficino

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## Artwork

- Artist: [FERRUCCI, Andrea di Piero](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ferrucci-andrea-di-piero-r2926b4c131ef4b>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Marble, life-size

## Commentary

In 1521–2 Andrea was again working in Florence Cathedral, carving the life-size marble commemorative bust of Marsilio Ficino for a wall niche next to the Porta dei Canonici. Marsilio Ficino \(1433-1499\) was an Italian scholar and Catholic priest who was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance.

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## Attribution

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