# Pulpit [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Marble ## Commentary The pulpit, commissioned by the Rucellai family in 1443, was designed by Filippo Brunelleschi and executed by his adopted son Buggiano \(Andrea di Lazzaro Cavalcanti\). This pulpit has a particular historical significance, since it was from this pulpit that the first verbal attack was made on Galileo Galilei, leading eventually to his indictment. In the background <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/m/masaccio/trinity/index.html'\)" href="/html/m/masaccio/trinity/index.html">Masaccio's Trinity,</a> situated almost halfway along the left aisle, can be seen. ## Related artworks - [Crucifix \(detail\)]() - [Crucifix]() - [Cupola \(detail\)]() - [Cupola \(detail\)]() - [Dome of the Cathedral]() - [Dome of the Cathedral]() - [Dome of the Cathedral]() - [Dome of the Old Sacristy]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()