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| Ulocrino Apollo and Marsyas early 16th century bronze plaquette National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Ulocrino Apollo and Marsyas early 16th century bronze plaquette (trimmed and gilt) Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| Ulocrino St Cecilia early 16th century bronze plaquette National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Ulocrino St Cecilia early 16th century bronze plaquette (trimmed and gilt) British Museum |
"We know little about the artist, Ulocrino. What we do know for certain is there is a coherent body of work with this signature, from between 1485 and 1530, of a style and subject matter that suggests Padua or Venice. The compatibility of this body of plaquettes by Ulocrino with works by the renowned Paduan sculptor Andrea Briosco, called Riccio, has led to the suggestion that they might be by the hand of Riccio, signing under a pseudonym. Riccio means curly-haired in Italian, and it has been mooted that Ulocrino could be a hybrid of the Greek oulos and Latin crinis, that would also mean curly-haired. This theory that Ulocrino can be associated with Riccio has been rejected by many because of the differences in style with a body of signed Riccio plaquettes, and the fact that such word-games were very popular in the Renaissance, which would account for the similar nickname if Ulocrino also had curly hair. But a similarity with Riccio's later sculpture, and some doubt in recent years on the identity of certain plaquettes traditionally ascribed to Riccio, has confused matters further. In summary, it is possible that Ulocrino is Riccio's signature in the later stages of his career."
– from curator's notes at the Victoria & Albert Museum
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| Ulocrino Allegorical Scene early 16th century bronze plaquette National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Ulocrino Lovers early 16th century bronze plaquette Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Ulocrino Aristotle and Alexander of Aphrodisias early 16th century bronze plaquette National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Ulocrino Death of Meleager early 16th century bronze plaquette National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Ulocrino Hercules and Antaeus early 16th century bronze plaquette National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Ulocrino Sacrifice of Abraham early 16th century bronze plaquette Bode Museum, Berlin |
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| Ulocrino St Jerome early 16th century bronze plaquette Cleveland Museum of Art (Ohio) |
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| Ulocrino St Jerome with Lion early 16th century bronze plaquette Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| Ulocrino St Jerome with Lion early 16th century bronze plaquette National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Ulocrino St Romedius with Books early 16th century bronze plaquette National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |