The 16th-century art historian Giorgio Vasari proposed that Brunelleschi was the palazzo's architect, and that his pupil Luca Fancelli was merely his assistant in the task, but today it is Fancelli who is generally credited.
Istoricul de artă, Giorgio Vasari din secolul al XVI-lea a propus că Brunelleschi a fost arhitectul palatului, iar elevul său Luca Fancelli a avut sarcina de asistent, dar astazi Fancelli este în general creditat pentru lucrare.