DESIDERIO DA SETTIGNANO
(b. ca. 1428, Settignano, d. 1464, Firenze)

Tomb of Carlo Marsuppini (detail)

1453-64
Marble
Santa Croce, Florence

The youths with their striding poses on the entablature act as intermediaries between the observers' space and that of the monument. The garlands fall outside the confines of the architectural framework; similarly, in the tondo of the Virgin and Child, the haloes and drapery break beyond the carved frame.