PISANO, Giovanni
(b. ca. 1250, Pisa, d. 1314, Pisa)

Pulpit reliefs: seven scenes unfolded

1302-11
Marble
Cathedral, Pisa

The photo shows the reliefs on seven of the eight sides of the octagonal pulpit. The representation starts in the upper row with the first scene depicting the Annunciation, Visitation, and Birth of St John the Baptist followed by the other six scenes. The eighth scene showing the Last Judgment in two parts is not represented.

The seven scenes are the following.

  1. Annunciation, Visitation, and Birth of St John the Baptist
  2. Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds
  3. Dream and Adoration of the Magi
  4. Presentation in the Temple, Herod and the Magi, the Angel Warning the Holy Family to Flee, and the Flight into Egypt
  5. Massacre of the Innocents
  6. Passion scenes
  7. Crucifixion