A Florentine Sculptor Bridging Renaissance and Antiquity Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli, born in the small Tuscan village of Montorsolo near Florence in 1507, occupies a fascinating, if sometimes overlooked, position within the landscape of 16th-century Italian art. He wasn’t merely a sculptor; he was a conduit between the High Renaissance ideals championed by Michelangelo and the emerging stylistic currents of Mannerism, all while navigating a unique spiritual path as a Servite friar. His life story is one of artistic dedication interwoven with religious devotion, restoration work that shaped o…