Matteo Civitali

Statue of Civitali (by Arnaldo Fazzi) in the portico of Palazzo Pretoriale, Lucca.

Matteo Civitali (1436–1501) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect, painter[1] and engineer from Lucca. He was a leading artistic personality of the Early Renaissance in Lucca, where he was born and where most of his work remains.

  1. ^ The only known painting attributed to Matteo, a triptych of the Virgin and Child with Saints Michael Archangel, John the Baptist, Biagio and Peter, executed in 1467–69, was loaned to the 2004 exhibition.