Rossellino, Bernardo

Rossellino, Bernardo
(1409-1464)
   Tuscan sculptor and ar-chitect, active mainly in Florence, Siena, and other Tuscan cities but also able to attract commissions from popes Nicholas V and Pius II.
   His most famous work as a sculptor is the tomb he executed for the Florentine chancellor Leonardo Bruni in 1444. He achieved even greater fame as an architect. He worked for both Nicholas V and Pius II at Rome, but his most famous commission was the remodeling of the entire city of Pienza for Pope Pius, who wanted to transform his native town into a model city rebuilt in a classical style.

Historical Dictionary of Renaissance. . 2004.

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