QUERCIA, Jacopo della
(b. ca. 1367, Quercia Grossa, d. 1438, Siena)

Left reliefs on the portal: 5. Work of the Ancestors

1425-28
Istrian stone, 82 x 68 cm
San Petronio, Bologna

The five scenes on the left lateral support of the main portal of San Petronio are, from top to bottom, the (i) Creation of Adam, (ii) Creation of Eve, (iii) Original Sin, (iv) Expulsion from Paradise and (v) Work of the Ancestors.

The picture shows the relief of Work of the Ancestors.




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