Section from a Screen
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Section from a Screen
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Published 2019-07-25T14:05:04+00:00
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This relief came from a screen that separated the clergy's seating area from the choir in the Siena Cathedral. The lion and cub are a symbol of Christ's resurrection, as it was believed that cubs were born dead and revived at the touch of a parent's breath.
The relief is surrounded by a strip of uncarved marble on which the decoration has been effaced. It consists of two carved rectangles divided in the centre by a flat raised strip flanked by vine leaves. A female head is in the rectangle on the left, a lion and cub in the rectangle on the right.
From the workshop of Nicola Pisano, about 1272
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Date published | 25/07/2019 |
Complexity | Medium |
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Title | Section from a Screen |
Date | ca. 1272 |
Dimension | Height: 90.2 cm, Width: 182.6 cm, Weight: 570 kg Including base, Depth: 13.2 cm |
Accession | A.21-1948 |
Medium | Marble |
Record | http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O16295/relief-pisano-nicola/ |
Artist | Nicola Pisano |
Place | Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
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