Dictionary of Renaissance art

ARNOLFO DI CAMBIO

(c. 1245-c. 1310)
Italian architect and sculptor, born in Colle di Val D'Elsa, the pupil ofNicola Pisanowhom he assisted on the Sienapulpit. Arnolfo left Pisano's studio sometime after 1268, and in 1277 he is recorded in the court of Charles D'Anjou. His earliest known commission is theArca di San Domenico,St. Dominic's tomb at San Domenico Maggiore inBologna(1264-1267), the work originally given to Pisano who, in turn, gave it to his pupils as he was occupied with the Siena pulpit.Arnolfo contributed three of the caryatid figures that support theArca, theVirginand Child in the center front, and some of the narrativereliefsof St. Dominic's life. In 1293, Arnolfo received a solo commission from CardinalJean Choletto build the baldachin (ceremonial canopy) for the main altar of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere,Rome. He was also responsible for the design of two important tombs: theMonument of Cardinal Guillaume de Brayein San Domenico, Orvieto (c. 1282), and the tomb ofBoniface VIIIfor OldSt.Peter's, of which only the portrait bust of the pope has survived (c. 1300; VaticanGrotto). As architect, Arnolfo made a number of important contributions. InFlorence, he built the Church of La Santisima Trinità (1250s), theFranciscanChurch ofSanta Croce(beg. 1294), and thePalazzo Vecchio(1299-1310). He is also recorded in 1300 working on theCathedral of Florence. These contributions to the Florentine urban fabric gained him such fame that he was exempted from paying taxes.

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