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The plain marble sarcophagus is decorated with eight rectangular narrative reliefs which relate in a thoroughly classical narrative sequence the end of the career, the death, after-life and posthumous fame of a medical professor: a theme that could apply equally to either the older (Girolamo, d. 1506) or the younger (Marcantonio, d. 1511) Della Torre.
The picture shows the Funeral of Della Torre. It includes a representation of the tomb, which bears a striking resemblance to the tomb Riccio designed for the Della Torre. Slightly offset to the left, the funerary monument surrounded by two groups of mourners takes up much of the space in the funeral scene.
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