Memorials

S. Croce 274.1 Jacopo di Lionardo da Bisticci e discendenti

Situated In

Alternate Names

1596, no. 43 Jacobo Bisticcio medico
The Tomb of Jacopo di Lionardo da Bisticci
The tomb of Jacopo di Lionardo da Bisticci, later the Laudesi

Rosselli Number	274.0
Memorial Type
Status	extant
Current Repository	in situ
Primary Installation	floor
Secondary Installation	no additional components
Tomb Form	rectangular
Liturgical Orientation	W
Length	339.0
Width	155.0
Documented Types	lastrone sepoltura lapida chiusino
Component Parts	slab relief sculpture border Ornamental areas of distinct pattern, material, color, or shape around the edge or boundary of something. With regard specifically to tapestries, refers to the areas around the central field outside the inner guard and within the guard that edges the outer sides of the tapestry. For the narrow surfaces showing the 'thickness' or smallest dimension of thin, flat objects, as distinguished from the broad surfaces, see "edges (object components)." cover
Decorative Elements	effigy textile-derived motif
Material	Carrara marble type of marble quarried in the area around Carrara, Tuscany, Italy (Luna in antiquity), characterized by a fine, compact grain and varies in color from pure white to creamy white, sometimes with a bluish tinge; a favorite stone of sculptors from antiquity to the present, including Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564) Getty ID: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300011576 verde di Prato A soft Italian verd antique from Prato, Italy that is deep olive green with dark green spots and veins of clear green and white. It was first used by the ancient Greeks and Romans and continues to be used in modern times; it was notably used for much of the exterior decoration of the cathedral in Florence. Getty ID: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300011640
Database ID	13017

Dates

1469 to 1473 a
1539 b
1539	renovation

Inscriptions (1 total)

1783

•D• •S• / IACOBO•BISTICIO•MEDICO•CELE / BERIMO•CIVITATI•SVAE•ACCEP T / IS•PIENTIS•FI•PAR•DE SE•OPT•MER

To God the Savior. For Jacopo da Bisticci, the most famous doctor of his city, with his estate a most pious son made this for his father most deservedly.

Individuals (9 total)

Balducci da Carmignano, Mattea (donna) di Piero di Donato (uxor Pippo di Lionardo da Bisticci) c	August 14th, 1467
da Bisticci, Jacopo (magister) di Pippo di Lionardo di Francesco	August 14th, 1468
da Bisticci, Lorenzo (magister) di Mag. Jacopo di Pippo di Lionardo di Francesco	September 1468 (year is approximate) to circa 1469 (date is approximate)	d
da Bisticci, Jacopo (magister) di Pippo di Lionardo di Francesco	circa 1469 (date is approximate) to present
da Bisticci, Lorenzo (magister) di Mag. Jacopo di Pippo di Lionardo di Francesco	September 3rd, 1478
da Bisticci, Lionardo di Pippo di Lionardo di Francesco	April 20th, 1489
da Bisticci, Filippo di Lionardo di Pippo di Lionardo di Francesco	June 9th, 1491
da Bisticci, Vespasiano di Pippo di Lionardo di Francesco	July 27th, 1498
da Bisticci, Jacopo di Lionardo di Pippo di Lionardo di Francesco	after July 27th, 1498	e

Groups (2 total)

da Bisticci		circa 1468 (date is approximate) to 1539
Compagnia di Santa Maria delle Laudi		1539 to 1785

Related Memorials (3 total)

S. Croce 273 Giovanni di Alessandro da Uzzano 8 October 1374:
S. Croce 274.2 Compagnia di Santa Maria delle Laudi:
S. Croce 275 Fra Giuliano Verrocchio:

Sources (6 total)

AOSC, 46, Sepoltuario del 1596	fol. 77, no. 43
R. Iacopino, Le lapidi terragne di Santa Croce, II, 1418-1488	pp. 394-397, no. 101
ASF, Manoscritti, 618, Sep. S. Croce 1596 (copy)	fol. 62
ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy)	pp. 339-40
S. Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, autograph	pp. 386
G. Cagni, Vespasiano da Bisticci

Notes

[a] Jacopo da Bisticci died on August 14th, 1468 after writing his will on July 3rd of that year that stipulated a tomb be installed in the church of Santa Croce. The sculpted slab has been attributed on stylistic grounds to Domenico Rosselli during the years he was working with the sculptor Antonio Rossellino and dated prior to his departure from Florence in 1472/73.
[b] The tomb was conceded to the Laudesi confraternity, which added an inscription dated 1539, and a new border surrounding the entire monument.
[c] Gravediggers record monna Mattea's burial in Santa Croce, but it is not clear whether the family yet owned the grave that would come to cover her son's tomb.
[d] His uncles Lionardo and Vespasiano were the executors of his father's will, but the inscription notes that magister Jacopo's son installed the tomb.
[e] Jacopo di Lionardo da Bisticci was the only heir of his uncle Vespasiano, who was buried in the family tomb on July 27th, 1498. It is not presently known where Jacopo was buried nor when he died, but it was certainly after 1511 when he is known to have sold some family property. See Cagni, p. 45.