GIOVANNI DI BALDUCCIO
(active 1315-1349)

Tomb of Guarnerio degli Antelminelli (detail)

1327-28
Marble
San Francesco, Sarzana

The tomb of Guarnerio degli Antelminelli, sculpted by Giovanni di Balduccio, is on the transept wall in San Francesco, a church of medieval origin. Guarnerio degli Antelminelli, the youngest son of the fierce condottiere Castruccio Castracani (1281-1328), died as a child. The condottiere (or captain of mercenaries) ruled Lucca from 1316 to 1328.