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This sculpture representing the Seated Virgin and Child comes from the tomb of Antonio Meli in the Benedictine abbey of San Lorenzo in Cremona. Meli commissioned Giovanni Antonio Piatti (1447-1480) to execute the Tomb of the Persian Martyrs in March 1479. However, both the patron and the sculptor died a few months later. Piatti's former partner, Amadeo, took over a year later, completing the project in October 1482.
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