Tomb of leonardo bruni. Marble, height 610 cm. Three sculptors who dominated marble sculture in florence until 1470 were born in settignano, a hill town outside florence famous for its quarries and stonecutters:
Bernardo rossellino, his younger brother antonio and a friend, desiderio. The most important sculptural commission of bernardo rossellino was the tomb of leonardo bruni in santa croce. The humanist chancellor of florence, who died in 1444, had requested a simple tomb slab.
Although the monument is unducumented, a contemporary description of the funeral clarifies much of the iconography. He established himself in florence about 1436, but received no commissions of real consequence until some eight years later, when he was entrusted with the tomb of leonardo bruni (fig. Bernardo rossellino (bernardo di matteo gamberelli;
715 x 316, 2 cm. Basilica of santa croce, south aisle, sixth bay. The tombs of leonardo bruni and carlo marusppini, which face each other.
The impressive sepulchral monument recalls artistic features of ancient roman art, as well as the form of an ancient triumphal arch,. His most famous work as a sculptor is the tomb he executed for the florentine chancellor leonardo bruni in 1444. He achieved even greater fame as an architect.
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Bernardo rossellino, (born c. 1409, settignano, republic of florence [italy]—died september 23, 1464, florence), influential early italian renaissance architect and sculptor, who established a new style of tomb monument, beginning with his design for the tomb of humanist scholar leonardo bruni. Rossellino was trained by filippo brunelleschi and was influenced by luca.
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The most important sculptural commission of bernardo rossellino was the tomb of leonardo bruni in santa croce. The humanist chancellor of florence, who died in 1444, had requested a simple tomb slab. Although the monument is unducumented, a contemporary description of the funeral clarifies much of the iconography.
They had three other brothers who also worked as sculptors, and all five of them seem to have worked together under bernardo's management. He was an architect as well as a sculptor and he combined both arts in his chief work—the tomb of the great humanist leonardo bruni, chancellor of the florentine republic, in s.
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