Madonna and child

myminifactory

Pagno di Lapo was born at Fiesole near Florence in 1426. He worked as a skilled stone-cutter for Donatello and Michelozzo in their joint shop in Pisa during the construction of the Coscia and Brancacci tombs between 1426-28. In 1428, Pagno collaborated with two lesser-known stone-cutters on the decorative elements of the baptismal font in Siena's Duomo, while working as a young apprentice in Donatello's shop on the pulpit for Prato, which resumed work in 1434. Between 1448 and 1451, he worked on decorative carvings simultaneously for Florence's Basilica of San Lorenzo and Palazzo Medici, both projects led by Michelozzo. Documents confirm that Pagno was busy working on chapels for Bologna's Basilica of San Petronio between 1451 and approximately 1469, but his role there was only as a stone-cutter or marble-worker. Despite this, he is credited with designing Palazzo Isolani on Piazza Santo Stefano in Bologna, which was built between 1451-55.