Tamagnino

Antonio della Porta, better known as Tamagnino (Osteno, c. 1471 – Porlezza, c. 1520) was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance.

==Biography== thumb|Bust of a man (1497) found at Castello Visconteo (Locarno)|Castello Visconteo in [[Locarno]] thumb|One of the Caesars of Tamagnino for the Loggia palazzo of [[Brescia.]] Tamagnino, a sculptor and decorative artist, belonging to a known family of artists of Porlezza was the son of Giacomo (1430–1481), also a sculptor, and the brother of Guglielmo and Bartolomeo (1460–1514). His mother was the sister of Maddalena Solari, the daughter of Guiniforte Solari, chief engineer of the Duomo of Milan. His first appearance in the historical record is in Brescia, when he is commissioned for a cycle of twelve Angels for the main dome of the church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Brescia. He delivered only ten, which were executed approximately at the same time as Gasparo Cairano's cycle of twelve Apostles, and paid for on 24 December 1489.