Tombstone of Cando di Cando
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This slab shows the effigy of the deceased, Cando di Cando (d. 1447), dressed as a University teacher, together with inscriptions around the edge in Latin. On the right side, base and left it reads: here lies ... Cando de Cando of Padua, Doctor of Medicine and teacher, who died in the year of our Lord 1447, on Sunday 29 July at 10 o'clock.
The tomb of Cando di Cando is recorded in the church of Santa Giustina at Monselice (near Padua) by 17th century sources, which also give details of the missing parts of the inscription. The slab would originally have been set into the floor of the church and over the centuries became worn by footsteps. Cando spent most of his career in the University of Padua, where he taught medicine and astrology. The tomb slab presumably dates from shortly after Cando's death and may have been carved by Paduan stone-masons rather than in a particular sculptor's workshop.
Physical description
The figure is represented in very low relief, wearing a gown and cap, with the head resting on a pillow. Lightly incised above and beside the effigy is an arch supported by twisted columns. Over the head and round the sides and bottom of the slab are inscriptions.
Place of Origin
Padua (made)
Date
ca. 1447 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Verona marble in very low relief
Marks and inscriptions
'...ARTIBVS EXTREMIVS MEDICINE DOCTOR ET INGENS MAXIMVS ASTORVM CVLTOR. GEOMETRA CORVSCANS CLARVS ET IN NVMERIS SCRVTATOR CABDVS AB ISTO CANDORVM TEGITVR HEV SAXO LVMINE CASSVS'
'HIC IACET...MEDICINE DOCTOR DOMIN MAGISTER CANDVS DE CANDO DE PADVA QVI DECESSIT ANNO DOMINI MCCCCXLVII> DIE SABATI XXVIIII IVLII HORA DECIMA DIEI'
'CANDO DE PADVA QVI DECESSIT ANNO'
'DOMINI MCCCCXLVII. DIE SABATI XXVIIII IVLII HORA DECIMA DIEI'
Dimensions
Length: 208 cm, Width: 107.3 cm
Object history note
Given by Mr. J H Fitzhenry.
The tomb of Cando di Cando is recorded in the church of Santa Giustina at Monselice (near Padua) by 17th century sources, which also give details of the missing parts of the inscription. The slab would originally have been set into the floor of the church and over the centuries became worn by footsteps.
Descriptive line
Tombstone, Verona marble, of Cando di Cando, Italy (Padua), ca. 1447
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Maclagan, Eric and Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture. Text. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1932, p. 98
Pope-Hennessy, John. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Volume I: Text. Eighth to Fifteenth Century. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1964, p. 331, 2
Greenhill, F. A. The Incised Slabs of Leicestershire and Ruthland, 1958, p. 220
Materials
Marble
Techniques
Low relief
Subjects depicted
Columns; Arch; Effigy
Categories
Sculpture; Death; Architectural fittings
Collection code
SCP
