LAURANA, Francesco
(b. ca. 1430, Vrana, d. 1502, Avignon)

Entrance Arch

1468
Marble
Cappella Mastrantonio, San Francesco d'Assisi, Palermo

On 2 June 1468 Laurana and Pietro de Bonitate (active 1468-1495) were commissioned by Antonio Mastrantonio to work on his family chapel in San Francesco d'Assisi, Palermo, for which they provided a statue of the Virgin and Child and the figural decoration of the entrance arch (in situ).