(b Settignano, ?1407–10; d Florence, 1464). Sculptor and architect. He was among the most distinguished Florentine marble sculptors in the second half of the 15th century. Extremely proficient technically, he was able to draw on a variety of sources, contemporary and antique, to create refined and sophisticated images. His architectural style is severely classical, and he was skilled in designing complex monuments, in which sculptured figures and architecture are harmoniously integrated.

Part of the Rossellino family

• Rossellino, Bernardo
  • Garden, §VIII, 3(i)(b): Italian early Renaissance: Villas and their gardens
  • Garden, §VIII, 3(i)(c): Italian early Renaissance: The villa and the town
  • Humanism, §3: Humanism and the visual arts
  • Italy, §II, 3(i)(d): Early Renaissance architecture, c 1400–c 1500: Rome
  • Rossellino
  • Rossellino: (1) Bernardo Rossellino, §1: Sculpture
  • Rossellino: (1) Bernardo Rossellino, §2: Architecture
  • architecture
    • architectural decorations
      • Siena, §III, 3(ii)(c): Palazzo Pubblico decoration, 1355–1555
    • cathedrals
      • Brunelleschi, Filippo, §I, 1(ix): Lantern and exedrae of Florence Cathedral
      • Florence, §IV, 1(i)(a): Cathedral architecture
      • Pienza
    • churches
      • Alberti, Leon Battista, §III, 2(i): Architecture in Rome and Rimini
      • Bramante, Donato, §I, 3(ii)(b): Rome, 1500–14
      • Rome, §II, 3(i): Urban development, 1420–1500
      • Rome, §V, 14(ii)(a): St Peter’s: Architecture
      • Rome, §V, 22: S Stefano Rotondo
    • palazzi
      • Alberti, Leon Battista, §I: Life and commissions
      • Alberti, Leon Battista, §III, 2(ii)(a): Florence: Palazzo Rucellai
      • Arezzo
      • Federighi, Antonio
      • Italy, §II, 3(i)(a): Early Renaissance architecture, c 1400–c 1500: Tuscany
      • Orders, archit., §I, 2(iii)(a): Renaissance and after: Re-creation of Roman orders
  • assistants
    • Desiderio da Settignano, §1: Life and work
    • Verrocchio, Andrea del, §I, 1(i): Sculpture: Training and early career, before c 1477
  • attributions
    • Paul II, Pope
  • collaboration
    • Alberti, Leon Battista
    • Frame, §II, 3(v): Italian Renaissance: Tondo frames
    • Rossellino: (2) Antonio Rossellino, §1: Life and works
  • methods
    • Perspective, §III, 2: Non-linear: Origins, before the 16th century
  • patrons and collectors
    • Capponi
    • Nicholas V, Pope
    • Piccolomini: (1) Pope Pius II
  • pupils
    • Rosselli, Domenico
    • Rossellino: (2) Antonio Rossellino
  • sculpture
    • Ghiberti: (1) Lorenzo Ghiberti, §I, 1(iv): Other sculptural works, from 1425
    • Italy, §IV, 3(i)(a): Early Renaissance sculpture, c 1400–c 1480: Florence
    • tombs
      • Bruni, Leonardo
      • Florence, §IV, 4: Santa Croce
      • Rossellino: (1) Bernardo Rossellino, §1(i): Life and sculpted works
      • Sarcophagus, §III, 3: Renaissance and after
  • workshop
    • Brunelleschi, Filippo, §I, 1(v): Pazzi Chapel, Santa Croce