Domenico Gagini

Domenico Gagini (c. 1425 or 1430 in Bissone – 29 or 30 September 1492 in Palermo) was a Swiss-Italian sculptor who was active in Northern as well as Southern Italy.

The Gagini were a family of sculptors and painters working during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

First recorded in Genoa in the early 15th century, was Domenico's grandfather Beltrame Gagini, and his three sons Pietro, Giovanni and Pace.

Born at Bissone, in the Ticino (now part of Switzerland) he studied in Florence under Brunelleschi.

[3] Returning to Genoa in 1447 he worked on the sculpture of the dome of the church of S. Giovanni Battista.