MAIANO, Benedetto da
(b. 1442, Firenze, d. 1497, Firenze)

St Sebastian

1490s
Marble, slightly under life-size
Misericordia, Florence

In his late works Benedetto increased the size of his figures, reduced the number of characters within his reliefs and provided architectural settings free of unnecessary detail. A St Sebastian and a Virgin and Child (both Misericordia, Florence), both left unfinished in his studio at his death, were also conceived along the same lines.