Italian sculptor, part of a family of sculptors. The brothers Cristoforo Mantegazza (d. ca. 1482) and Antonio Mantegazza (d. 1495) were, with Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, major sculptors in Milan during the later 15th century. Their dates of birth are unknown, and no documented or signed work exists by either. The earliest documentation of their activities records Cristoforo at the Certosa di Pavia in 1464 working with other sculptors to furnish stones carved as arches, vaults and columns for the walls of the nave. Also in 1464 he worked in the Certosa's two cloisters, making capitals for the large cloister. In 1465 he designed wooden models for the terracotta capitals in the large cloister, working with the sculptor Rinaldo de' Stauris (active 1461-90). On 26 August 1467 Cristoforo was given six pieces of marble for works to be made for the Castello Sforzesco, Milan. //