  About the Artwork
  
  
  While still an apprentice, Desiderio, who probably trained in the Florentine workshop of Donatello, received a commission to carve the coat of arms of the Gianfigliazzi family. This relief, which hung above the entrance of the Palazzo Gianfigliazzi in Florence until 1906, depicts a smiling putto holding the Gianfigliazzi symbol, a large heraldic shield with the lion rampant, by a ribbon. The lion supports a second shield, bearing the arms of the Minerbetti family (originally ornamented with three swords). This coat of arms is thought to commemorate the marriage between Andrea Tommaso Minerbetti and Costanza Gianfigliazzi in 1427.
  
  
  Title
  Coat of Arms of the Boni Family
  
  
  Artwork Date
  ca. 1457
  
  
  
  
  Makers
  
  
  Desiderio da Settignano  (Artist)
  Italian, 1429/32 - 1464
  Donatello  (Designer)
  Italian, ca. 1386 - 1466
  
  
  
  Medium
  Sandstone (Pietra serena)
  
  
  Dimensions
  Overall: 85 × 29 1/4 inches (215.9 × 74.3 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Sculpture
  
  
  Department
  European Sculpture and Dec Arts
  
  
  Credit
  Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  41.124
  
  
  Copyright
  Public Domain
