The big picture.

Nov. 26 2008 12:14 PM

Andrea Riccio's Intricate Universe

A Renaissance master in bronze rediscovered.

By Christopher Benfey

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Click here to read a slide-show essay on Renaissance sculptor Andrea Riccio.

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