Arnolfo di Cambio
Arnolfo di Lapo, also known as
Arnolfo di Cambio, (
1232 or
1245 -
1310) was a
Florentine architect and
sculptor.
His architectural work includes designing the Duomo in Florence (1294), the church of Santa Croce in Florence and the cathedral in Orvieto, Italy.
His sculpture includes:
- Monument to Cardinal Annibaldi (1276)
- Statue of Robert Anjou (1277)
- Fountain of the Thirsty People in Perugia
- Tomb of Cardinal de Braye in San Domenico, Orvieto (c.1282)
He was
Nicola Pisano’s chief assistant on the marble
pulpit for the Duomo in
Siena (1265-68).
Giorgio Vasari includes a biography of Arnolfo in his Lives of the Artists.