# Apse of the Tempietto [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ALBERTI, Leon Battista]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Marble ## Commentary Giovanni Rucellai \(1403-1481\), head of the Rucellai family of bankers, commissioned Leon Battista Alberti to build a chapel on the side of the church of San Pancrazio \(the only part still consecrated today\), which was finished in 1467. This includes the notable tempietto del Santo Sepolcro \(Small temple of the Holy Sepulchre, inspired by the church of the same name in Jerusalem\), also by Alberti, covered by polychrome marbles and tarsias. ## Related artworks - [Courtyard]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Façade of the Tempietto]() - [Façade]() - [Palazzo Ruccelai: Façade \(detail\)]() - [Palazzo Ruccelai: Façade \(detail\)]() - [Palazzo Ruccelai: Façade]() - [Palazzo Ruccelai: Façade]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()