MONTORSOLI, Giovanni Angelo
(b. ?1507, Montorsoli, d. 1563, Firenze)

High Altar

1558-61
Marble
Santa Maria dei Servi, Bologna

Montorsoli's last important work was the free-standing marble high altar of Santa Maria dei Servi in Bologna. Its many sculptures are set into a polychrome marble architectural setting with three niches separated by columns; Vasari particularly singled out for praise the central statue of the Risen Christ.