PISANO, Andrea
(b. ca. 1290, Pontedera, d. ca. 1348, Orvieto)

South doors

1330
Bronze
Baptistery, Florence

The door has 28 bas-reliefs depicting stories of St John the Baptist and the theological virtues. It is a fine late Gothic work. The three statues above, showing the beheading of St John the Baptist, are by Vincenzo Danti (1571).




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