Palazzo Strozzi is a palace in Florence , Italy.
18-599: The construction of the palace was begun in 1489 by Benedetto da Maiano , for Filippo Strozzi the Elder , a rival of the Medici who had returned to the city in November 1466 and desired the most magnificent palace to assert his family's continued prominence and, perhaps more important, a political statement of his own status. A great number of other buildings were acquired during the 1470s and demolished to provide enough space for
36-548: A companion of his brother, the architect Giuliano da Maiano . When he reached the age of thirty he started training under the sculptor Antonio Rossellino . There he learned to work with marble and eventually became more famous than Rossellino and one of the most important sculptors of the 15th century. During his early life, he specialised in wood-mosaic, with the Studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro and other works. King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary invited him to his court, and it
54-651: A pillar in the Church of Santa Croce is a memorial to Francesco Nori , who fell by the stab intended for Lorenzo de' Medici . Other reliefs of the Madonna and Child are in the Via della Spada, Florence, and in the Victoria and Albert Museum , London . In the latter place is the bust of Giovanni di San Miniato, a doctor of arts and medicine, signed and dated 1456. Working in conjunction with Mino da Fiesole , Rossellino executed
72-530: Is rigorously symmetrical on its two axes, with clearly differentiated scales of its principal rooms. The palazzo has mullioned paired windows ( bifore ); the radiating voussoirs of the arches increase in length as they rise to the keystone, a detail that was much copied for arched windows set in rustication in the Renaissance revival. Its dominating cornice is typical of the Florentine palaces of
90-419: Is said that the destruction on the journey of some inlay work he was taking to his royal patron made him decide to seek more durable material. His early attributed works include a shrine dedicated to San Savino for the cathedral of Faenza . Although he was more prolific in sculpting religious subjects, he also carved some portraits of important Florentines ; for instance, in 1474, the bust of Pietro Mellini in
108-578: Is said to have studied under Donatello and is remarkable for the sharpness and fineness of his bas-relief . His most important works are the funeral monument of Beato Marcolino [ Wikidata ] (1458) for the Blackfriar Church (today a museum), Forlì , and the monument of Infante James of Coimbra , cardinal of Portugal in the Basilica di San Miniato al Monte , Florence (1461–1467). The portrait bust of Matteo Palmieri in
126-516: Is the seat of the Istituto Nazionale del Rinascimento and the noted Gabinetto Vieusseux , with the library and reading room. 43°46′17″N 11°15′07″E / 43.77139°N 11.25194°E / 43.77139; 11.25194 Benedetto da Maiano Benedetto da Maiano (1442 – 24 May 1497) was an Italian Early Renaissance sculptor . Born in the village of Maiano (now part of Fiesole ), he started his career as
144-898: The Bargello is signed and dated 1468. In 1470 he made the monument for Maria d'Aragona Duchess of Amalfi, in the Piccolomini chapel in Sant'Anna dei Lombardi in Naples; the relief of the Nativity over the altar in the same place is also probably his. A statue of John the Baptist as a boy is in the Bargello; also a delicate relief of the Madonna and Child , an Ecce Homo , and a bust of Francesco Sassetti . The so-called Madonna del Latte on
162-703: The Bargello . In 1475, he worked with his brother Giuliano on the Collegiata church in San Gimignano . Benedetto's most important contribution was the carved altar in the chapel of Santa Fina . In 1480, he made the framework of the doorway of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. The marble pulpit in the Santa Croce in Florence is considered his masterpiece. On the pulpit are scenes from
180-565: The Palazzo Medici , but with more harmonious proportions. Unlike the Medici Palace, which was sited on a corner lot, and thus has only two sides, this building, surrounded on all four sides by streets, is a free-standing structure. This introduced a problem new in Renaissance architecture, which, given the newly felt desire for internal symmetry of planning symmetry: how to integrate the cross-axis. The ground plan of Palazzo Strozzi
198-726: The Italian State in 1999, is now home to the Institute of Humanist Studies and to the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi . The Gabinetto G.P. Viesseux and the Renaissance Studies Institute have both also occupied the building since 1940. Today the palace is used for international expositions like fashion shows and other cultural and artistic events, such as "Cézanne in Florence. Two Collectors and the 1910 Exhibition of Impressionism". Here also
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#1732772317852216-470: The age of 55. Antonio Rossellino Antonio Gamberelli (1427–1479), nicknamed Antonio Rossellino for the colour of his hair, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor . His older brother, from whom he received his formal training, was the sculptor and architect Bernardo Rossellino . Born in Settignano , now a part of Florence , he was the youngest of five brothers, sculptors and stonecutters. He
234-482: The life of St. Francis of Assisi . Also in 1480, with his brother Giuliano, he built and made the sculptures for the little oratory of the Madonna dell'Olivo, outside Prato . The adolescent St. John of the Bargello is ascribed to the year 1481. In 1489 Benedetto designed the Strozzi Palace in Florence which still stands (continued by Cronaca ). It is believed he went to Naples in 1490, and there finished
252-493: The new construction. Giuliano da Sangallo provided a wood model of the design. Filippo Strozzi died in 1491, long before the construction's completion in 1538. Duke Cosimo I de' Medici confiscated it in the same year, not returning it to the Strozzi family until thirty years later. The palace faces the historical Via de' Tornabuoni . Palazzo Strozzi is an example of civil architecture with its rusticated stone, inspired by
270-568: The palace exterior and its corners as well as filling functional needs of the day. The ferro on the building were created by an ironsmith, Niccolo Grosso , known as Il Caparra. The palazzo remained the seat of the Strozzi family until 1937. Great changes were made to the building when the Istituto Nazionale delle Assicurazioni occupied Palazzo Strozzi. The palazzo, granted by the Istituto Nazionale delle Assicurazioni to
288-689: The reliefs of the Assumption of Mary and the Martyrdom of St. Stephen for the pulpit at Prato . A marble bust of the boy Baptist in the Pinacoteca, Faenza , and a Christ Child in the Louvre are attributed to Rossellino by some authorities. Giorgio Vasari includes a biography of Rossellino in his Lives . This article incorporates text from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article " Antonio di Matteo di Domenico Rosselino " by M.L. Handley,
306-453: The time. The palace was left incomplete by Simone del Pollaiolo ( il Cronaca ), who was in charge of the construction of the palace until 1504. Also by Cronaca is the cortile or central courtyard surrounded by an arcade , inspired by Michelozzo . Wrought-iron objects known as ferro that adorn the building are famous. Many of these appointments to the building, such as flagpole and torch stands, hitches, lanterns, and sconces decorate
324-471: The works begun by Rossellino in the Sant'Anna church. He also executed various sculptures in Naples, among them an Annunciation at the church of Monte Oliveto. As an architect, he created the tomb of Filippo Strozzi , with its roundel of Mother and Child supported by cherubs in the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, and the portico of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Arezzo . He died in Florence at
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