Agostino di Duccio

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Agostino di Duccio (1418 - c. 1481) was an Italian early Renaissance sculptor.

Born in Florence, he worked in Prato with Donatello and Michelozzo, who influenced him greatly. In 1441 he was accused of stealing precious materials and was banished from his native city as a result. The following year he continued the work on the altar of S.  Geminiano for the cathedral of Modena, a work noticeable for the influence of Michelozzo.

In 1446, he studied late Gothic sculpture in Venice and met Matteo de' Pasti who called on him to execute the sculptural decoration of the Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini, where he stayed from 1449 and 1457. The decorations were supposed to be a sort of mediaeval encyclopedia, with inserts of pagan figures.

Between 1457 and 1462 he created the marble façade of the church of S. Bernardino at Perugia and the following years until 1470 he created many works especially in Florence, such as Madonna d'Auvillers for Piero de' Medici, now found at the Louvre. In 1473 he projected a triple-arched door for the church of S. Pietro in Perugia, inspired by Alberti, but the project was never executed. He died in 1481 in Perugia.