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Caradosso (Cristofore Foppa) was an Italian medallist, son of Maffeo Foppa, goldsmith, and Fiora de Carminalibus de Brambilla. According to Giorgio Vasari, a 16th-century biographer of artists, Caradosso designed the medal which was placed under one of the crossing piers of Saint Peter's during a ceremony on 18 April 1506. The medal is one of the few sources for the design of Bramante's St. Peter's project.
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