GORO DI GREGORIO
(active 1300-1334 in Siena)

St Cerbone Being Thrown to the Bears (detail)

1324
Marble, height 37 cm (size of detail)
Duomo, Massa Marittima

The picture shows a detail of the relief on the Tomb of Saint Cerbone, representing the scene of St Cerbone being thrown to the bears by the barbarian Totila. The beasts can be seen at the Bishop's feet, the barbarian is in the box on the left.

Goro di Gregorio was an artist from the Sienese school of sculptors formed in Siena under Nicola and Giovanni Pisano in the 13th- and 14th-century. Other sculptors were Tino di Camaino, Agostino di Giovanni, Gano di Siena and Lorenzo Maitani.




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