Prospero Spani

Prospero Spani (16 February 1516 – 25 May 1584)[1] was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance, active mainly in the Province of Reggio Emilia.

In the church of San Andrea in Mantua, he sculpted a monument for the Bishop Andreossi (Andreasi) (1549), with a sphinx and bronze swan, flanked by sculptures of Faith and Charity .

He was prolific in his native Reggio Emilia, where he left in a bronze tabernacle; and a monument of Bishop Rangone (Rangoni) in 1567, for which, after five years, he was handsomely paid 1250 gold scudi.

He complete a monument for Bishop Filippo Zoboli (1554) in San Nicolò of Reggio Emilia, which is flanked by grieving maidens.

[3] William Waters, less kindly, called his works "some of the worst sculpture of the time..monstrous..and absurdity".