Alberto Arnoldi
Alberto Arnoldi (or di Arnoldo) was a 14th-century Italian sculptor and architect. He was born in Florence.[1] He was active from 1351 through 1364.[2]
In 1364, he made the colossal group of the Madonna and Child with two angels (originally attributed by an error of Giorgio Vasari to Andrea Pisano) for the Loggia del Bigallo in Florence. Arnoldi worked at this group from 1359 to 1364. As architect, he directed the works of Florence Cathedral about 1358. The Museo dell'Opera del Duomo houses a marble relief from the base of the Florentine bell tower depicting the baptism attributed to Arnoldi. The date of the work is determined to be around 1375.[3]
An example of his sculpture is in the Victoria and Albert Museum.[4]
From the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia
Alberto Arnoldi — (Or di Arnoldo).
Italian sculptor and architect, b. at Florence, fourteenth century. In 1364, he made for the church of Santa Maria del Bigallo, in Florence, the colossal group of the Blessed Virgin and Child with two angels (attributed by an error of Vasari to Andrea Pisano). Arnoldi worked at this group from 1359 to 1364. As architect, he directed the works of the cathedral of Florence about 1358.
Cicognara, Storia della scultura; Peumorks, Italienische Forschungen; Biographie generale (Paris, 1806).
References
- Back to citation "Alberto Arnoldi". Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- Back to citation "Alberto Arnoldi". Index of Medieval Art. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- Back to citation Wirtz, Rolf C. (2005). Art & architecture, Florence. Clemente Manenti (English ed.). [Cologne]: Könemann. ISBN 3-8331-1481-9. OCLC 62790043.
- Back to citation "The Virgin and Child". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
Bibliography
- Leopoldo Cicognara, Storia della scultura
External links
- Italian Renaissance Sculpture, by Stephan Bourgeois; Parnassus, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Mar., 1935), pp. 7–8
- Media related to Alberto Arnoldi at Wikimedia Commons
- Alberto Arnoldi in the Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art