Corbel by a Follower of Giuliano da Sangallo in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2011

Title: Corbel

Artist: Follower of Giuliano da Sangallo (Italian, 1445–1516)

Date: late 15th century

Culture: Italian, Florence

Medium: Grey stone (pietra serena)

Dimensions: Overall (wt. confirmed): H. 32 x W. 26 1/2 in., 175lb. (81.3 x 67.3 cm, 79.3795kg)

Classification: Sculpture-Architectural

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1927

Accession Number: 27.14.2

Three major figures worked on the Palazzo Strozzi, the largest and most magnificent fifteenth-century palace in Florence. It was begun in 1489 by Benedetto da Maiano for Filippo Strozzi, who did not live to see it completed. A wood model (extant) was provided by Giuliano da Sangallo the Younger; Simone del Pollaiolo, called Il Cronaca (1457–1508), was in charge of construction until 1504. This capital comes from the courtyard of the palace

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