Antonio Rossellino

Marble tomb of the Portuguese cardinal

Antonio Rossellino , actually Antonio Gamberelli (* 1427 or 1428 in Settignano , today in Florence, † 1479 in Florence ) was an Italian architect and sculptor . His stage name first caught on in art literature in the 16th century and is probably due to his head of red hair. He stepped forward with portrait busts and created the most important marble tomb of the early Renaissance for the Cardinal Archbishop of Lisbon, Jacob of Lusitania.

Life

Antonio Rossellino was the brother and also a student of the Italian sculptor Bernardo Rossellino . He worked mostly in Florence , where he mainly created marble tombs with many decorations. Giorgio Vasari described him and his brother Bernardo in the second part of his artist biographies.

Rossellino was one of the most important Italian sculptors of the 15th century. Working in actual bas-relief he made skilful use of light and shadow, moving smoothly from the sharp, higher relief of the foreground to the lower relief of the distance. Such works, which seemed to break the barriers between painting and sculpture, were widespread in the 15th century. Four Madonnas carved in marble reliefs date from the early days of his creative period, but many more are known.

Antonio Rossellino: Maria with the shivering child , fired clay, Florence around 1475 ( Bode Museum , Berlin)

Works

His main works are:

• the tomb of St. Marcolino Amanni (1317–1397), ( Forlì , Reg. Emilio Romagna, Musei San Domenico), 1458
• Saint Sebastian ( Empoli ), around 1460
• the tomb of Cardinal John of Portugal (Florence, San Miniato ), 1461–66
• Altar of the Piccolomini Chapel in the Church of Sant'Anna dei Lombardi in Naples , 1477 ff.
• Family tomb of Francesco Nori (cenotaph), around 1478, Florence, S.Croce

Other work worth mentioning is the

• Bust of Giovanni Chellini , 1456, London, V&A Museum
• Furnishing of the Lazzeri Chapel , 1464–68 in the Cathedral of Pistoia
• Bust of the statesman and historian Matteo Palmieri , signed and dated 1468, Florence, Museo Nationale del Bargello
• two busts of Johannes (Washington, Florence) as well as some joint work with his brother Bernardo (workshop work),

including the David from Casa Martelli Firenze (today in the National Gallery in Washington).

literature

• Rossellino, Antonio . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 23 : Refectory - Sainte-Beuve . London 1911, p. 746 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
• Birgit Langhanke: The Madonna reliefs in the work of Antonio Rossellino. Dissertation . Books on Demand, Munich 2013, DNB 1102157171 .
• Giorgio Vasari : The life of Giuliano da Maiano, Antonio and Bernardo Rossellino, Desiderio da Settignano and Benedetto da Maiano. Newly translated into German by Victoria Lorini. Ed., Commented by introduced by Sabine Feser and Christina Irlenbusch. Verlag Klaus Wagenbach, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-8031-5057-8 .

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