Italian sculptor, active mainly in Bologna. His signed works include the Death of the Virgin (1522, Chiesa dell'Ospedale di Santa Maria della Vita, Bologna) and Stories from the Old Testament (San Petronio, Bologna). A Lamentation group in the Crypt of the Church of San Pietro, Bologna is attributed to him, He worked together with Michelangelo and Niccolò dell'Arca on the shrine of St Dominic (Arca di San Domenico) in San Petronio, Bologna. He produced many works in terracotta. //