# Lantern on the Duomo

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brunelleschi-filippo-ra8df6d59718c2d>)
- Date: 1401-1450
- Technique: Photo

## Commentary

Designed by Brunelleschi in 1436, the lantern was only completed in 1470, when the cross was raised atop the golden ball. Brunelleschi died before the lantern was begun, and some details not seen in the surviving model may be due to Michelozzo di Bartolommeo, who finished the work.

## Related artworks

- [Crucifix \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brunelleschi-filippo-ra8df6d59718c2d/crucifix-detail-ra0ba5496c26257>)
- [Crucifix](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brunelleschi-filippo-ra8df6d59718c2d/crucifix-r05bada2edb0ae2>)
- [Cupola \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brunelleschi-filippo-ra8df6d59718c2d/cupola-detail-r5637b0cc219689>)
- [Cupola \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brunelleschi-filippo-ra8df6d59718c2d/cupola-detail-r84065dacbafe4b>)
- [Dome of the Cathedral](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brunelleschi-filippo-ra8df6d59718c2d/dome-of-the-cathedral-r0f581454af7f1c>)
- [Dome of the Cathedral](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brunelleschi-filippo-ra8df6d59718c2d/dome-of-the-cathedral-r4d6b315c8133d5>)
- [Dome of the Cathedral](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brunelleschi-filippo-ra8df6d59718c2d/dome-of-the-cathedral-r89ef5288582926>)
- [Dome of the Old Sacristy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brunelleschi-filippo-ra8df6d59718c2d/dome-of-the-old-sacristy-r286267a8ecd46f>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brunelleschi-filippo-ra8df6d59718c2d/exterior-view-r2a502dccb167f6>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brunelleschi-filippo-ra8df6d59718c2d/exterior-view-r4eb0c513dacba8>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brunelleschi-filippo-ra8df6d59718c2d/exterior-view-rbdc182bf9ae3da>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brunelleschi-filippo-ra8df6d59718c2d/exterior-view-rfdf1cf46b05a49>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)