Antonio del Pollaiuolo (17 January 1429/1433 – 4 February 1498)

• Was an Italian painter, sculptor, engraver.
• He was also known as Antonio di Jacopo Pollaiuolo or Antonio Pollaiuolo.
• He was born in Florence. 
• His brother, Piero del Pollaiuolo, was also an artist.  
• They took their nickname from the trade of their father, who in fact sold poultry (pollaio meaning "hen coop" in Italian).
• Some of Pollaiuolo's painting exhibits strong brutality.
• He achieved his greatest successes as a sculptor and metal-worker.
• He only produced one surviving engraving, the Battle of the Nude Men.
• In 1484 Antonio took up his residence in Rome.
• In 1496 he went to Florence in order to put the finishing touches to the work already begun in the sacristy of Santo Spirito.
• He died in Rome as a rich man, having just finished his mausoleum of Pope Innocent VIII, also in St. Peter's.
• His students included Sandro Botticelli.
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