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Giuliano da Sangallo

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three major figures worked on the Palazzo Strozzi, the largest and most magnificent fifteenth-century palace in Florence. It was begun in 1489 by Benedetto da Maiano for Filippo Strozzi, who did not live to see it completed. A wood model (extant) was provided by Giuliano da Sangallo the Younger; Simone del Pollaiolo, called Il Cronaca (1457–1508), was in charge of construction until 1504. This capital comes from the courtyard of the palace.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

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