DALLE MASEGNE, Jacobello
(d. 1409, active in Emilia)

Students, detail of the Tomb of Giovanni da Legnano

1383-86
Marble, 63,3 x 76,5 cm
San Domenico, Bologna

The Dalle Masegne brothers Jacobello and Pierpaolo were active at the end of the 14th century in Emilia and Venice. One of their finest work is a relief formerly in the church of San Domenico in Bologna. It is from the tomb of Giovanni da Legnano, a professor at the famed University. Often attributed to Jacobello it shows a class of students with great naturalism and animation.