[Benedetto di Leonardo] (b Maiano, nr Florence, 1442; d Florence, 24 May 1497). Sculptor and wood-carver, brother of (1) Giuliano da Maiano. He was technically one of the most accomplished marble-carvers of the 15th century and the foremost sculptor in Florence of the generation following Bernardo Rossellino. Technical difficulties had been largely overcome by his predecessors, however, and he lacked the innovative qualities of Rossellino’s generation. There are close parallels between Benedetto and his contemporary and sometime collaborator Domenico Ghirlandaio in their technical proficiency, powers of narrative expression, excellent portraiture and adherence to traditional techniques.

Part of the Maiano, da family

• Maiano, Benedetto da
  • Maiano, da
  • Maiano, da: (1) Giuliano da Maiano, §1(i): Woodwork and intarsias
  • architecture
    • Arezzo
    • Florence, §I, 4: History and urban development, c 1400–1530
    • architectural decorations
      • Italy, §II, 3(i)(a): Early Renaissance architecture, c 1400–c 1500: Tuscany
    • chapels
      • San Gimignano
    • palaces
      • Palace, §II, 2: Renaissance
  • attributions
    • Strozzi: (2) Filippo Strozzi
  • ceilings
    • Florence, §IV, 8: Palazzo Vecchio
  • collaboration
    • Maiano, da: (1) Giuliano da Maiano, §2: Working methods and technique
  • frames
    • Frame, §II, 3(i): Italian Early Renaissance
  • furniture
    • Italy, §VI, 2: Furniture, c 1450–1599
  • intarsia
    • Urbino, §4(iii): Palazzo Ducale: Main range
  • patrons and collectors
    • Hungary, §V, 1: Interior decoration and furniture, before 1600
  • restorations by others
    • Lorenzo di Credi, §3: 1501–36
  • sculpture
    • Ferrucci: (2) Andrea di Piero Ferrucci
    • Renaissance, §4(ii): High Renaissance: Sculpture
    • busts
      • Florence, §IV, 1(i)(e): Cathedral furnishings
    • relief
      • Altarpiece, §2(ii)(b): Forms and development: c 1400– c 1600
      • Florence, §IV, 4: Santa Croce
      • Maiano, da: (2) Benedetto da Maiano, §1: Life and work
      • Pulpit, §2: c 1400–c 1570
      • Relief sculpture, §2(vi): Renaissance
    • religious
      • Desiderio da Settignano, §1: Life and work
    • tombs
      • Florence, §IV, 6: S Maria Novella
      • Lippi: (2) Filippino Lippi, §1(iv): Late works, 1494 and after
      • Mainardi, Bastiano
      • Rossellino: (2) Antonio Rossellino, §2: Antonio Rossellino’s Workshop
  • teachers
    • Francione