Bregno, Andrea (1421–1506)

Italian sculptor. Active in Rome from 1465 and later in Siena, he produced monumental decorative sculptures, tombs, and altars in marble, one of his best-known works being the Piccolomini altar in Siena Cathedral (1485).

He was born at Osteno, near Lugano. In Rome he ran a thriving workshop, one of his best-known pupils being Gian Cristoforo Romano. In Rome he is principally noted for his work in the Church of Santa Maria del Popolo. A later work is his tabernacle in Santa Maria della Quercia outside Viterbo (1490).