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Andrea (di Guido) da Fiesole [de Fesulis]
( fl c. 1393; d 1427). Italian sculptor and architect. The only work that can definitely be attributed to him is the tomb of Bartolomeo da Saliceto (1412; ex-S Domenico, Bologna; Bologna, Mus. Civ. Med.), which is dated and signed opus Andreae de Fesulis. Saliceto was a reader in law at Bologna University, and the tomb sculpture represents him among his pupils. Motifs and facial types are borrowed directly from the tombs in the Bolognese tradition of Giovanni di Legnano (1383) by Pierpaolo dalle Masegne and of Carlo, Roberto and Riccardo Saliceto (1403; both Bologna, Mus. Civ. Med.), a work indebted to Masegne, but despite this Andrea’s Tuscan origins remain apparent. Gnudi was of the opinion that Andrea da Fiesole was in Florence until c. 1410. However, Andrea subsequently moved away from the Tuscan Renaissance tradition towards a northern Gothic style, following his contact with Venetian–Emilian sculpture. This can be seen in the tomb of Bernardino Zambeccari (1424; ex-S Martino, Bologna; Bologna, Mus. Civ. Med.) attributed to him (Gnudi). As for Andrea’s work as an architect, it is known that he built the chapel of S Domenico in the church of that name in Bologna, of which only two tall, pointed-arched windows survive. In 1416 he was working on the construction of the Palazzo di Notai. He has in the past been confused with Andrea di Piero Ferrucci (da Fiesole) and also—in work done before 1398—with Guido da Firenze ( fl 1393–1424).
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