A Guide to Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture

Quattrocento Sculpture

General Sources for Renaissance Sculpture

• Fifteenth-Century Italian Sculpture An online tour from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
• An Overview of Sculptors from 1200 to 1700 Almost all are Italian, and the groupings are convenient.
• Thais Italian Sculpture from Late Medieval to Baroque.
• The Bargello The sculpture museum in Florence.
• The Bargello Another site for the museum.
• The Museum of the Opera del Duomo, Florence
• Renaissance Sculpture Sites in Florence A map and lists to get you there.
• Views of OrSanMichele. Good information and excellent details.
• 19th-century photo.

These are in order by region and then chronologically. The list is based closely upon John Pope-Hennessy's Italian Renaissance Sculpture, although more for convenience than anything else.

Florence and Tuscany

Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455)

• Giorgio Vasari's Life of Lorenzo Ghiberti.
• Many sculptures Including many details from the Gates of Paradise.
• On Ghiberti at the NGA
• Ghiberti Online description of the exhibition "Monumental Sculpture from Florence." NGA
• Two sculptures A rather dark photo of the Siena Bapistery font and an excellent (keep clicking) photo of the Gates of Paradise in situ.
• Lorenzo Ghiberti Article from the NY Times on the exhibition of the Gates of Paradise panels.

Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446)

• Vasari's Life of Brunelleschi
• Several sculptures and buildings
• On the Dome
• The crucifix and the Sacrifice of Isaac.
• Ospedale degli Innocenti
• Stock photos of the Duomo
• Waiting for Fillipo Ad for a children's book on the dome and FB.

Nanni di Banco (1384/90-1421)

• Vasari's Life of Nanni di Banco.
• Two sculptures The Assumption of the Virgin from the Porta della Mandorla and St. Luke.
• Porta della Mandorla A small but excellent site by Mary Ann Sullivan. Click on the images for better quality, larger versions.
• Quattro Santi Coronati
• Excellent photo of the predella from the Quattro Santi Coronati
• Nanni di Banco Online description of the exhibition "Monumental Sculpture from Florence." NGA
• The Sculpture of Nanni di Banco On the study by Mary Bergstein.
• The Santi Quattro Coronati by Nanni di Banco: cleaning of the gilded decorations Online article by Salvatore Siano, et al.

Donatello (circa 1386-1466)

• Vasari's Life of Donatello
• A large catalog of his sculpture. From the Web Gallery of Art.
• A catalog of his sculpture
• On Donatello From the Met. The Bargello David
• Reliquary bust of San Rossore. Bronze, circa 1424, from the Museo Nazionale di San Matteo, Pisa.
• The Feast of Herod from the Siena Baptistery font. 1423-1427.
• SCHOLARSHIP OBSCURES THE GENIUS OF DONATELLO Nasty 1985 NY Times review of an exhibition.
• Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by Earl of David Lindsay Crawford Full text online. 1903, with illustrations.

Michelozzo (1396-1472)

• Vasari's Life of Michelozzo Michelozzi.
• Several photos, including the monument to John XXIII
• A relief from the Aragazzi monument
• A short biography and some photographs of his work

Luca della Robbia (circa 1399-1482)

• Giorgio Vasari's Life of Luca Della Robbia and the Della Robbia family.
• A selection of his sculpture
• A small catalog of his sculpture.
• Madonna and Child from the Ospedale degli Innocenti
• On the Della Robbia family.
• The Della Robbia Family exhibition at Fiesole A small site with several fine photographs of sculpture by several members of the Della Robbia family.

Andrea della Robbia (1435-1525)

• Five sculptures
• His sculpture at the Ospedale degli Innocenti
• Andrea della Robbia's Annunciation at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Giovanni della Robbia (circa 1469-1529 circa)

• Three sculptures

Bernardo Rossellino (1409-1464)

• Vasari's Life of Antonio and Bernardo Rossellino.
• Three sculptures, including the tomb of Leonardo Bruni

Antonio Rossellino (1427-1479)

• Vasari's Life of Antonio and Bernardo Rossellino.
• Portrait busts and the tomb of the Cardinal of Portugal
• The Young St. John the Baptist Circa 1470.

Desiderio da Settignano (1430-1464)

• Vasari's Life of Desiderio da Settignano.
• On the 2007 exhibition at the NGA, Washington, DC
• On the 2007 exhibition
• Portrait busts, the San Lorenzo Tabernacle, and the tomb of Carlo Marsuppini
• Bust of a Little Boy Circa 1460. From the NGA, Washington.
• Saint Jerome in the Desert Circa 1461. From the NGA, Washington.

Mino da Fiesole (1429-1484)

• Giorgio Vasari's Life of Mino da Fiesole
• Mostly portrait busts.

Giuliano da Maiano (1432-1490)

• Vasari's Life of Giuliano da Maiano
• The Porta Capuana, Naples

Benedetto da Maiano (1442-1497)

• Vasari's Life of Benedetto da Maiano
• Nine excellent images.
• Madonna and Child Marble relief. In the collection of the Monte dei Paschi, Siena.
• Palazzo Strozzi, Florence Some notes and a bibliography.

Matteo Civitali (1436-1501)

• A collection of his sculptures.
• Saint Sebastian From the NGA, Washington.

Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488)

• Giorgio Vasari's Life of Verrocchio
• The major sculpture.
• Verrocchio Online description of the exhibition "Monumental Sculpture from Florence." NGA

Antonio del Pollaiuolo (circa 1431-1498)

• Vasari's Life of Antonio and Piero Pollaiuolo.
• The sculpture.
• Some sculpture

Bertoldo di Giovanni (circa 1420-1491)

• The Bellerofonte
• Several sculptures. Including the Pazzi conspiracy medal and Bargello battle relief.

Pietro Torrigiano (1472-1528)

• Vasari's Life of Pietro Torrigiano.
• Two sculptures

Northern and Other Areas

Jacopo della Quercia (1367-1438)

• Vasari's Life of Jacopo della Quercia
• Jacopo della Quercia A biography from the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911.
• A biography and several sculptures

Vecchietta (1410-1480)

• Vasari's Life of Francesco di Giorgio and Vecchietta.
• Two sculptures The Siena Resurrected Christ and the Frick Resurrection.

Francesco di Giorgio (1439-1501 circa)

• Vasari's Life of Francesco di Giorgio and Vecchietta.
• Three sculptures The angel from Siena, the Venice Deposition, and the Flagellation of Christ from Perugia.

Agostino di Duccio (1418-1481)

• Several sculptures Mostly from the Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini.
• Another collection of his sculpture.
• Facade of San Bernardino, Perugia A rather fuzzy shot of A de'D's relief sculptures.

Pisanello (Antonio Pisano, 1395-1455)

• Some of his medals.
• Byzantium and the Origins of the Renaissance Medal by Craig Barclay. A short history with a photograph of Pisanello's portrait medal of John VIII Palaeologus.
• [Pisanello] at the National Gallery A review of an exhibition on Pisanello's paintings, drawings, and medals.

Matteo de'Pasti (circa 1420-1467/8)

• Portrait Medal of Isotta degli Atti From the NGA of Australia. Note elephant on the reverse.
• Another version from the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Long description in German but a cool animation.
• Portrait Medal of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Tyrant of Rimini Lover and later husband of Isotta, profiled above.
• On his medals for the Malatesta No photographs.

Francesco Laurana (circa 1430-1502 circa)

• Portrait busts and the Triumphal Arch of Alfonso I.

Filarete (circa 1400-1469)

• Vasari's Life of Filarete.
• The Martyrdom of St. Peter 1433/1435.

Isaia da Pisa (active 1447-1464)

A biography and two sculptures.
• Thirteen Sculptures. From the Fondazione Federico Zeri.
• Upper Part of a Tabernacle for the Holy Sacrament Circa 1460. Musum of the Art Institute of Chicago.
• Reliquary Tabernacle of the Head of St Andrew. 1463. Grotte Vaticane, Vatican City.

published Studies through JSTOR

• Ulrich Middeldorf. "The Tabernacle of S. Maria Maggiore." Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago (1907-1951) Vol. 38, No. 1 (January, 1944): 6-10.
• Fritz Burger. "Isaia da Pisas plastische Werke in Rom." Jahrbuch der Koeniglich Preussischen Kunstsammlungen 27. Bd., 3. H. (1906): 228-244.

Giovanni Dalmata (circa 1440-after 1509)

• Biography and two sculptures.
• A short biography.

Venice and the Veneto

• Monument to Doge Francesco Foscari Frari, Venice. After 1466.

Andrea Bregno (1418-1506)

• Online exhibition
• Monument to Cardinal Nicola de Cusa San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome.

Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (1447-1522)

• Playing Children Relief from the Cappella Colleoni, Bergamo. 1470-75. Artist listed here as Omodeo.

Cristoforo (d. 1482) and Antonio (d. 1495) Mantegazza

• Prophet from the Certosa, Pavia 1473-1489. Given here to Cristoforo Mantegazza.

Cristoforo Solari (active 1489-1520)

• Effigies of Ludovico Sforza and Beatrice d'Este From the Certosa, Pavia, circa 1497.

Il Bambaia (1483-1548)

• Gaston de Foix Small detail from the dismembered monument, 1515/1523, Milan.

Guido Mazzoni (active 1473-1518)

• One lone photo of the Modena Lamentation
• A Prophet From San Domenico, Bologna. 1473-94.

Niccolo dell'Arca (circa 1433-1494)

• Two sculptures from Bologna.

Bartolommeo Bellano (circa 1440-1496/7)

• Vasari's Life of Bellano
• The Bronze Serpent 1484/1488. Bronze relief, San Antonio, Padua.

Andrea Riccio (d. 1532)

• Andrea Riccio: Renaissance Master of Bronze. Online remains of an exhibition at the Frick Collection, NYC.
• NYT review of the above exhibition.
• Review from Forbes Magazine
• Andrea Riccio at the Frick. Extensive review of the exhibition with excellent photos from Slate.
• The Shouting Horseman. Bronze. Circa 1510/1515. V&A, London.

Antico (Piero Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, d. 1528)

• His Facebook page.
• Paris. Bronze, partly gilt and silvered. Circa 1500. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.
• Satyr. Bronze. Circa 1510/1520.
• Several small bronzes. From the Lessing Photo Archive.
• Statuettes and medals at the V&A, London.
• Bust of a Youth. Gold and silver plate. Circa 1520. Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna.

Antonio Rizzo (active after 1465; d. circa 1500)

• Sculptures and monuments. Venice.
• Adam and Eve Circa 1485.

Published Studies through JSTOR

• The Moors of the Clock Tower of Venice and Their Sculptor"". By Michelangelo Muraro. The Art Bulletin. Vol. 66, No. 4 (December, 1984): 603-609
• "The Monument to Vittore Cappello of Antonio Rizzo". By Robert Munman. The Burlington Magazine. Vol. 113, No. 816, (March, 1971): 138-145.
• "A Hand by Antonio Rizzo and the Double Caritas Scheme of the Tron Tomb". By Debra Dienstfrey Pincus. The Art Bulletin. Vol. 51, No. 3 (September, 1969): 247-256.

Pietro Lombardo (circa 1435-1515)

• His sculptures Several buildings and monuments.
• Santa Maria dei Miracoli. Some good photos, but lots of ads.
• Video exploration of Santa Maria dei Miracoli. Quite well done, with many interior and exterior shots. By Suzanne Fredericq.
• 360 degree view of the Campo dei Miracoli.
• Detail of the exterior of the Miracoli church.
• Doge Pietro Moceningo from the Monument Begun 1476; Ss Giovanni e Paolo, Venice.
• Standing Angel. Marble, circa 1495/1500. NGA, Washington, D.C.

Published Studies through JSTOR

• "Bernardo Bembo and Pietro Lombardo; News from the 'Nonianum'". By Raimondo Callegari. The Burlington Magazine. Vol. 139, No. 1137 (December, 1997): 862-866.

Tullio Lombardo (circa 1455-1532)

• Several of his sculptures.
• A short biography.
• The Monument to Andrea Vendramin and a few other sculptures.
• Tullio Lombardo and Venetian High Renaissance Sculpture. Online record of an exhibition on TL and some of his associates. 2009. NAG, Washington, D.C.
• Review of the above exhibition. By Karen Wilkin of the Wall Street Journal.
• "The Married Couple" and Guidarello Guidarelli

Published Studies through JSTOR

• "Tullio Lombardo in Rome? The Arch of Constantine, the Vendramin Tomb, and the Reinvention of Monumental Classicizing Relief". By Wendy Stedman Sheard. Artibus et Historiae. Vol. 18, No. 35 (1997): 161-179.
• "Tullio Lombardo's Ca' d'Oro Relief: Self-Portrait with the Artist's Wife?". By Alison Luchs. The Art Bulletin. Vol. 71, No. 2 (June, 1989): 230-236.
• "Tullio Lombardo Studies". By G. Mariacher. The Burlington Magazine. Vol. 96, No. 621 (December, 1954): 366-374.

Antonio Lombardo (circa 1458-1516)

• The Monument to Jacopo Pesaro in the Frari, Venice, The Miracle of the Speaking Babe in Padua, and reliefs now in St. Petersburg.
• The Forge of Vulcan. Marble, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
• Peace Establishing Her Reign. Bronze, circa 1512. NGA, Washington, D.C.
• Eurydice. Marble, circa 1510/1516. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.

Published Studies through JSTOR

• "The Lombardo Family and the Tomb of Giovanni Zanetti". By Robert Munman. The Art Bulletin. Vol. 59, No. 1 (March, 1977): 28-38.