also other stone works from Hungary. By composition and ornament details his works are obviously connected with the arts of Florence. His style and origin justified his nickname – Fiorentine. After his death in 1516, works took over his successor – Bartolomeo Berrecci from Pontassieve, Italy, who was managing works until 1537, when he died. Francesco Fiorentine was (as well as Berrecci and many other artists from their country) outstanding creator and gathered around himself highly qualified workers. He was authority for many, because of his high court function and his masterpieces. He was representative of uniformly Tuscan renaissance style. Artistic works, which began after his death created Italian way of renaissance art in Poland. His architectural and sculptural activity began development of renaissance art in Poland. His unfinished works were continued by the other Florentines, mainly by Bartolomeo Berrecci. Fiorentino reportedly had a wife – Helena from Italy – and a son, sculptor Jan Fiorentine, who worked on his father's team. Sources H. i S. Kozakiewiczowie, Renesans w Polsce, wyd. Arkady, Warszawa, 1976 S. Komornicki, Franciszek Florentczyk i pałac wawelski (Przegląd Historii Sztuki I, Kraków, 1929) S. Mossakowski, King Sigismund Chapel at Cracow Cathedral (1515–1533), IRSA, Kraków 2012 Ostrowski J. Podlecki J., Wawel. zamek i katedra, wyd. Karpaty - Andrzej Łączyński, Kraków, 2004 Architects from Florence Italian Renaissance architects 1516 deaths Italy–Poland relations Italian emigrants to Poland Year of birth unknown