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Benedetto Antelami

c. 1150–c. 1230 · 13th century

Benedetto Antelami was an Italian sculptor and architect active in Parma and the Po valley. His relief of the Deposition in Parma Cathedral is dated 1178, and in 1196 he began the octagonal baptistery of Parma, designing both its architecture and its sculpture, including cycles of the months. He was among the leading masters of late Romanesque sculpture.

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