# Pulpit [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Marble ## Commentary Throughout the fifteenth century the suspended pulpit devised by Donatello retained its popularity. It was adapted by Brunelleschi for Santa Maria Novella, in a beautiful design in which the pulpit proper is approached by a staircase encircling a pier of the nave, and by Benedetto da Maiano for Santa Croce, in a scheme in which access to the pulpit is gained through the pier. At Prato it was modified by Antonio Rossellino in the form of a circular basin balanced on a single central support. Before his pulpit was completed Brunelleschi died, and his plan was realized by Buggiano, who supplied the upper part with four narrative reliefs. ## 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]()