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Memorials

S. Croce 003b Buonarroti family tomb

Situated In

friary of S. Croce -- chiesa -- right aisle

Rosselli Number	3.0
Memorial Type
Status	extant
Current Repository	in situ
Primary Installation	floor
Secondary Installation	no additional components
Tomb Form	rectangular
Liturgical Orientation	S
Documented Types	sepoltura
Component Parts	slab
Decorative Elements
Material	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 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 bronze copper-tin alloy; refers to a broad range of alloys of copper, specifically any non-ferrous alloy of copper, tin, and zinc or other trace metals in varying proportions from 70 to 95 percent copper in surviving ancient artifacts. Because of the copper base, bronze may be very malleable and easy to work. By the Middle Ages in Europe, it was recognized that using the metals in certain proportions could yield specific properties. Some modern bronzes contain no tin at all, substituting other metals such as aluminum, manganese, and even zinc. Historically, the term was used interchangeably with "latten." U.S. standard bronze is composed of 90% copper, 7% tin and 3% zinc. Ancient bronze alloys sometimes contained up to 14% tin.
Database ID	13186

Dates

1570 to 1580

Individuals (5 total)

Buonarroti, Lionardo di Buonarruota di Lodovico di Lionardo di Buonarruota		1570
Buonarroti, Michelangelo di Lodovico di Lionardo di Buonarruota di Simone		1570	a
Cassandra di Donato Ridolfi (uxor Lionardo di Buonarruota Buonarroti)		later sixteenth century
Ginevra (serva di Lionardo Buonarroti)		June 4th, 1584	b
Buonarroti, Lionardo di Buonarruota di Lodovico di Lionardo di Buonarruota		1599

Groups (1 total)

circa 1570 (date is approximate) to present

Related Memorials (2 total)

S. Croce 003a Altare della Famiglia de Buonarruoti
S. Croce 003c tomb of Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1570

Sources (2 total)

C. Cheli, Le lapidi terragne di Santa Croce III, 1500-1931	pp. 572-75, no. 156
ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy)	pp. 271-2, no. 3

Notes

[a] The inscription on Michelangelo's tomb in Santa Croce indicates that his remains, initially buried at the Franciscan church of Santi Apostoli in Rome in February 1564, were brought to Florence for burial in his family's tomb in 1570.
[b] According to grave-digger records, Ginevra, a servant in the household of Lionardo Buonarroti, was buried in the church of Santa Croce in June 1584, perhaps in the family tomb.