Filippo Brunelleschi

Plaster model for the marble monument in Palazzo dei Canonise in Piazza del Duomo, Florence. Almost all the critical comments of the period underline the sculptor's capability in realising the personality of the artist while designing the dome of the Cathedral. The model, rather small due to the reduced dimensions of Pampaloni's study, was admired by Thorwaldsen. The statue confirmed Pampaloni's abilities in monumental sculpture and, within the nineteenth-century cult of the memories of illustrious men, was considered the first tribute to great countrymen to be placed on a public street.