Simone Bianco

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Simone di Niccolò Bianco (c. 1480s – after 1553) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor. He was born in Loro Ciuffenna, in the Duchy of Florence (modern Tuscany), Italy. From 1512 he worked mainly in Venice. He is best known for busts carved in marble and bronze in the classical style (all’antica). Bianco was highly regarded by figures such as Johann Christoph Fugger and Pietro Aretino, and he is mentioned briefly by Giorgio Vasari in his Lives of the Artists. He died sometime after 1553 in Venice.