Bust Of Filippo Strozzi By Benedetto Da Maiano At The V&A Museum In London, England Editorial Photo

This plaster bust of Filippo di Matteo Strozzi is made by Signor Stiattesi after the original marble bust by Benedetto da Maiano that was originally in the Strozzi Chapel, Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence and is now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Filippo Strozzi 1428-91, called Il Vecchio, was a wealthy Florentine banker for whom Benedetto da Maiano executed several commissions, including his funerary monument in Santa Maria Novella church. The cast of the portrait was purchased by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1864. Benedetto da Maiano 1442-1497 was a sculptor and wood-carver and the brother of Giuliano da Maiano. He was one of the most accomplished marble-carvers of the 15th century and the foremost sculptor in Florence of the generation following Bernardo Rossellino.