Maffeo Olivieri
1483
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1542
Italian sculptor (1484-1543)
Maffeo Olivieri was an Italian sculptor and wood carver. Often associated with his younger brother Andrea, he was active in Lombardy, Venice and Trentino. He was known for his bronze, wood and marble creations, and considered the premier sculptor in early sixteenth century Brescia.
![Augusto da Udine (Publio Augusto Graziani), Poet and Astrologer [obverse]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Maffeo_Olivieri%2C_Augusto_da_Udine_(Publio_Augusto_Graziani)%2C_Poet_and_Astrologer_(obverse)%2C_c._1519%2C_NGA_44606.jpg/500px-Maffeo_Olivieri%2C_Augusto_da_Udine_(Publio_Augusto_Graziani)%2C_Poet_and_Astrologer_(obverse)%2C_c._1519%2C_NGA_44606.jpg)
![Urania [reverse]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Maffeo_Olivieri%2C_Urania_(reverse)%2C_c._1519%2C_NGA_44607.jpg/500px-Maffeo_Olivieri%2C_Urania_(reverse)%2C_c._1519%2C_NGA_44607.jpg)
![Fortress with a Tall Tree [reverse]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Maffeo_Olivieri%2C_Fortress_with_a_Tall_Tree_(reverse)%2C_1520-1530%2C_NGA_44611.jpg/500px-Maffeo_Olivieri%2C_Fortress_with_a_Tall_Tree_(reverse)%2C_1520-1530%2C_NGA_44611.jpg)
![Sebastiano Montagnacco, died 1540, Venetian patrician [obverse]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Maffeo_Olivieri%2C_Sebastiano_Montagnacco%2C_died_1540%2C_Venetian_patrician_(obverse)%2C_1520-1530%2C_NGA_44610.jpg/500px-Maffeo_Olivieri%2C_Sebastiano_Montagnacco%2C_died_1540%2C_Venetian_patrician_(obverse)%2C_1520-1530%2C_NGA_44610.jpg)
![Altobello Averoldo of Brescia, died 1531, Bishop of Pola, Apostolic Legate [obverse]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Maffeo_Olivieri%2C_Altobello_Averoldo_of_Brescia%2C_died_1531%2C_Bishop_of_Pola%2C_Apostolic_Legate_(obverse)%2C_1520s%2C_NGA_44608.jpg/500px-Maffeo_Olivieri%2C_Altobello_Averoldo_of_Brescia%2C_died_1531%2C_Bishop_of_Pola%2C_Apostolic_Legate_(obverse)%2C_1520s%2C_NGA_44608.jpg)
![Truth Unveiled by Two Men [reverse]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Maffeo_Olivieri%2C_Truth_Unveiled_by_Two_Men_(reverse)%2C_1520s%2C_NGA_44609.jpg/500px-Maffeo_Olivieri%2C_Truth_Unveiled_by_Two_Men_(reverse)%2C_1520s%2C_NGA_44609.jpg)
![Crowned Eagle on a Mound Amid Waters [reverse]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Maffeo_Olivieri%2C_Crowned_Eagle_on_a_Mound_Amid_Waters_(reverse)%2C_1523%2C_NGA_44605.jpg/500px-Maffeo_Olivieri%2C_Crowned_Eagle_on_a_Mound_Amid_Waters_(reverse)%2C_1523%2C_NGA_44605.jpg)
![Francesco Malipiero, Venetian patrician, Brother of Vincenzo [obverse]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Maffeo_Olivieri%2C_Francesco_Malipiero%2C_Venetian_patrician%2C_Brother_of_Vincenzo_(obverse)%2C_1523%2C_NGA_44602.jpg/500px-Maffeo_Olivieri%2C_Francesco_Malipiero%2C_Venetian_patrician%2C_Brother_of_Vincenzo_(obverse)%2C_1523%2C_NGA_44602.jpg)
![Pelican in Her Piety [reverse]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Maffeo_Olivieri%2C_Pelican_in_Her_Piety_(reverse)%2C_1523%2C_NGA_44603.jpg/500px-Maffeo_Olivieri%2C_Pelican_in_Her_Piety_(reverse)%2C_1523%2C_NGA_44603.jpg)
![Vincenzo Malipiero, Venetian Patrician, Brother of Francesco [obverse]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Maffeo_Olivieri%2C_Vincenzo_Malipiero%2C_Venetian_Patrician%2C_Brother_of_Francesco_(obverse)%2C_1523%2C_NGA_44604.jpg/500px-Maffeo_Olivieri%2C_Vincenzo_Malipiero%2C_Venetian_Patrician%2C_Brother_of_Francesco_(obverse)%2C_1523%2C_NGA_44604.jpg)
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