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Lot Essay
Marsilio Ficino was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance.
Antonio Montauti was a pupil of Giuseppe Piamontini and flourished under the artistic patronage of the Medici Grand Dukes of Florence. His fame expanded beyond the city walls in 1732 when John V, King of Portugal commissioned him to produce a series of colossal statues for the entrance to the cathedral of Mafra (Portugal), Montauti carved those of Saint Paul and Saint Peter. Under the patronage of Cardinal Alamanno Salviati he moved to Rome in 1733, where he produced a figure of Saint Benedict for the Basilica in St. Peter's.
Antonio Montauti was a pupil of Giuseppe Piamontini and flourished under the artistic patronage of the Medici Grand Dukes of Florence. His fame expanded beyond the city walls in 1732 when John V, King of Portugal commissioned him to produce a series of colossal statues for the entrance to the cathedral of Mafra (Portugal), Montauti carved those of Saint Paul and Saint Peter. Under the patronage of Cardinal Alamanno Salviati he moved to Rome in 1733, where he produced a figure of Saint Benedict for the Basilica in St. Peter's.