PISANO, Nicola
(active 1258-1278)

Adoration of the Magi, relief from the pulpit

1265-68
Marble, 85 x 97 cm
Duomo, Siena

On the pulpit seven reliefs narrate the Life of Christ. In the second, the Journey of the Magi is added to the simple "Adoration". It is replete with a black magus, an entourage including mastiffs, and four trees to suggest a landscape.