born 1384/90?, Florence, Republic of Florence
died 1421, Florence
Florentine sculptor.
Trained by his father, a sculptor who worked on the cathedral of Florence, Nanni received his first important commission from that cathedral, a life-size marble statue of the prophet Isaiah. The classically influenced Four Crowned Saints ( 0441; 141113) for Or San Michele is considered his masterpiece. He is thought to have been the teacher of the Della Robbia family . His work exemplifies the stylistic transition from Gothic to Renaissance in early 15th-century Italy.