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

Tabernacle (detail)

c. 1461
Marble
San Lorenzo, Florence

In the Altar of the Sacrament (Tabernacle) the figures take on the fragility and elegance of a picture by Filippino Lippi. This style is dominant in Florence until the last quarter of the 15th century.