Andrea Ferrucci [SEP] place of birth
Andrea Ferrucci
Andrea Ferrucci (1465 — 1526), also known as Andrea di Piero Ferruzzi and as Andrea da Fiesole, was an Italian sculptor who was born in Fiesole, Tuscany, in 1465. He was a first cousin once removed of the artist Francesco di Simone Ferrucci (1437–1493), under whom he studied.
According to Vasari's "Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects", Andrea Ferrucci was also a student of Michele Maini, also from Fiesole. He was working for King
gossip, and while praising love for the same sex, he also condemned sodomy in the "Convivium". His Latin translations of Plato's texts put into practice the theories of anti-homosexuality in his "Convivium".
Marsilio Ficino was ever able to place women on an equal level with men in the cosmological hierarchy.
Death.
Ficino died on 1 October 1499 at Careggi. In 1521 his memory was honored with a bust sculpted by Andrea Ferrucci, which is located in the south side of the nave