Briosco, Andrea

Briosco, Andrea (called il Riccio), an Italian architect, was born at Padua, and flourished about 1500. His chief work was the grand Church of Santa Giustina. This work gained him a reputation. He was also a sculptor of some eminence, as there are some of his works in San Antonio, at Padua. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.