SANSOVINO, Jacopo
(b. 1486, Firenze, d. 1570, Venezia)

Sacristy Door (detail)

1550s
Bronze
Basilica di San Marco, Venice

This detail of the bronze door of the sacristy of San Marco represents the Resurrection of Christ. The door is a masterpiece of Venetian bronze-relief casting. The sculptor disregards conventional rules of perspective and allows plasticity of form and evocative modeling to predominate.




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