Memorials

Badia 007 memorial to M. Giannozzo Pandolfini

Rosselli Number	7.0
Memorial Type
Status	extant
Current Repository	in situ
Primary Installation	wall
Secondary Installation	no additional components
Tomb Form	wall tomb
Liturgical Orientation	N
Documented Types	sepolcro
Component Parts	coffin arch
Decorative Elements	festoon ornamental motif, often carved as decoration in classical and classically influenced architecture, consisting of fruit, foliage, and flowers hung loosely from two points; often deployed on a frieze or panel. Distinct from "swag," which refers to textiles similarly hung Alternate Names: garland Getty ID: 300167386
Color	white red
Material
Database ID	11677

November 19th, 1456 a	inscription
before May 26th, 1467 b

Pandolfini, Pandolfo di M. Giannozzo di M. Agnolo di Filippo di S. Giovanni		January 1457 (year is approximate) to March 1457 (year is approximate)
Pandolfini, Pierfilippo di M. Giannozzo di M. Agnolo di Filippo di S. Giovanni		May 26th, 1457
Antonio di Meo di Niccolò di Sacco (da Settignano)		circa 1461 (date is approximate) to 1467
Pandolfini, Giannozzo (messer) di M. Agnolo di Filippo di S. Giovanni di S. Giacomo		from about May 1467 to the present c
Pandolfini, Giannozzo di Pierfilippo di M. Giannozzo di M. Agnolo di Filippo (secondo) d		October 27th, 1555

circa 1467 (date is approximate) to present e

pp. 607

[a] Though Giannozzo Pandolfini died in November 1456, the tomb was not completed until 1467
[b] For the agreement dated May 26th, 1427 between Pierfilippo di M. Giannozzo Pandolfini and the stone carver Antonio di Meo da Settignano to appoint appraisers to assess the value of M. Giannozzo's tomb, see Louis A. Waldman, “The Patronage of a Favorite of Leo X: Cardinal Niccolò Pandolfini, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio and the Unfinished Tomb by Baccio Da Montelupo.” Mitteilungen Des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz 48, no. 1/2 (2004): 105–28 (pp. 127-128).
[c] Antonio di Meo da Settignano had completed the tomb of Giannozzo Pandolfini by May 1467, when appraisers were appointed to assess its value. For the contract see Louis A. Waldman, “The Patronage of a Favorite of Leo X: Cardinal Niccolò Pandolfini, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio and the Unfinished Tomb by Baccio Da Montelupo.” Mitteilungen Des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz 48, no. 1/2 (2004): 105–28, esp. pp. 116, 127-28.
[d] The description of Giannozzo's place of burial "infralle panche di verso S. Maria Magdalena" indicates a position near the wall tomb of his grandfather rather than the older family tomb at the foot of the chancel steps.
[e] Though the monument carries the date November 19th, 1456, it was not completed until 1467.