Severo da Ravenna (Severo Calzetta)
(Italian, ca. 1465/75–ca. 1538)
Place ActivePadua, Europe
SchoolItalian
BiographySevero, son of a Ferrarese sculptor, was probably born in Ravenna, where he is first documented in 1496. By 1500 he had moved to Padua, but he left in 1509, when Maximilian I attacked that city. Returning to Ravenna, Severo apparently remained there, establishing a hugely successful and prolific shop that turned out countless repetitions of his own designs as well as imitations of contemporary and ancient bronzes. His few authenticated and best works seem to date from his years in Padua.Source: Art in The Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996.
