Statues - Hither & Thither

Site Search:

Piazza San Francesco

Luca Pacioli

Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli
Sansepolcro c. 1445 - Roma 1517
Italian mathematician, Franciscan friar, collaborator with Leonardo da Vinci, and a seminal contributor to the field now known as accounting
(Wikipedia)

Franco Alessandrini
1994

Description

Marbe statue of Pacioli with an open book in his hand. The statue commemorate the 500th anniversary of Pacioli's greatest work, the Summa de arithmetica, geometria, proportione et proportionalita (The Collected Knowledge of Arithmetic, Geometry, Proportion and Proportionality) which contains his bookkeeping treatise.

On the pedestal are several mathematical formulas and drawings:

Sansepolcro - Luca Pacioli

Inscription(s)

LUCA
PACIOLI

summa
1494 1994

I concittadini
e
Le scuole di ragioneria in giappone
al patriarca della computisteria
sui laude et gloria
Japanese characters

Sculptor

Franco Alessandrini (Sansepolcro 1944), American sculptor of New Orleans (Website).

Sources & Information

Edoardo De Carli, Chi era Costui?

Locatie (N 43°34'18" - E 12°8'31") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: itto112; Photograph: 9 May 2017
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
If you want to use photos, please contact us via the contact form (in Dutch, English or German).
© Website and photos: René & Peter van der Krogt

Your banner here? Click for information.