Giovanni da Nola

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Giovanni da Nola (or Giovanni Merliano) (1478-1559) was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance, active in Naples.

He trained under Aniello del Fiore and Benedetto Maiano. Reputedly traveled to Rome to work briefly under Michelangelo. He returned to Naples where he worked, among many sculptures, in the tombs for the Sanseverino family. His pupils were Ferdinando Manlio and Cola dell'Amatrice.

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• A Handbook for travellers in Southern Italy, Part I, 9th edition; George Dennis ; John Murray, Abermarle St. London 1890.
• Minieri-Riccio, Camillo (1844). Memorie storiche degli scrittori nati nel regno di Napoli. Tipografia dell'Aquila di V. Puzziello, Chiostro di San Tomasso d'Aquino, Naples; Digitized by Googlebooks April 18,2006, 218.