MAITANI, Lorenzo
(b. ca. 1255, Siena, d. 1330, Orvieto)

Second Pillar (detail)

1310-30
Stone
Duomo, Orvieto

The picture shows a detail of the 2nd panel on the 2nd pillar of the façade of the Orvieto Cathedral. The figures represent the prophets of the coming Messiah (left to right): an unidentified Greek, probably Aristotle, the Erythrean Sibyl, and a Hebrew prophet.