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The project for the tomb was first mentioned in a papal brief of 12 June, 1505, less than three weeks after Ascanio's death. The monument is located in the Cappella Maggiore of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome.\r\n\nThis is one of a number of casts which came to the Museum after the disastrous fire at the Crystal Palace at Sydenham in 1936. The Palace itself was destroyed, as were many of the contents, but some plaster casts were salvaged from the inferno, and presented to the Victoria and Albert Museum.\n","physicalDescription":"Plaster cast, the tomb of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, after an original by Andrea Sansovino. 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