DESIDERIO DA SETTIGNANO
(b. ca. 1428, Settignano, d. 1464, Firenze)

Tomb of Carlo Marsuppini (detail)

1453-64
Marble
Santa Croce, Florence

At the base of the pilasters, standing as if in our space, are putti holding shields with the Marsuppini arms.

The free-standing, shield-bearing putti who flank the base of the arch are not present in the Bruni tomb; they act as intermediaries between the observers' space and that of the monument