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

Tabernacle (detail)

c. 1461
Marble
San Lorenzo, Florence

The picture shows the lunette with two angels and a standing figure of the Christ Child. Albertini (1510) said that the Blessing Christ Child that crowns the altar was replaced by a copy by Baccio da Montelupo before 1500.

Attempts have been made to identify Desiderio's original figure with a Christ Child (attributed to Michele Marini in the Museum of Art, Cleveland), and the figure in situ has been given to Baccio da Montelupo. A more likely suggestion is that a faithful copy of the San Lorenzo Christ Child (Musée du Louvre, Paris) is Baccio's version, and that the Christ Child in San Lorenzo is Desiderio's work.




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