Andrea Pisano, whose real name is Andrea…

Andrea Pisano, whose real name is Andrea da Pontedera, had in 1336 completed a pair of bronze doors, begun in 1330, that he has created for the south portal of the Baptistery in Florence.

After 1337, Pisano sculpts some of the marble reliefs surrounding the campanile of the Florence Cathedral, his bulkily rendered figures reflecting the influence of the late painter and sculptor Giotto, whom he succeeds on this project.