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99 works documented in the Bruno Balestrini archive.
Architrave with the "Deesis" and Stories of the Baptist
Marble, frieze of the east door of the Baptistery, second half of the 12th century.
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Capital with the "Stories" of St. Ursus
Marble, detail of a capital in the cloister of the church.
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Christ Walking on the Water
Bronze. Detail of a panel of the Cathedral Door, gravely damaged during the last war.
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Processional Cross Known as the Cross of Desiderius
Metal sculpture set with hard stones, cameos and glass.
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Fidelity of Capua ("Capua Fidelis")
Marble, about 1239, allegorical head. Inspired by antique models, it reflects the climate of 'renaissance' fostered by Frederick II and his court.
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The So-Called "Pier delle Vigne"
Marble, about 1239, allegorical head. Inspired by antique models, it reflects the climate of 'renaissance' fostered by Frederick II and his court.
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Legend of King Arthur
Stone. Detail of the Pescheria portal, on the north side of the cathedral, carved with scenes from the Breton cycle. This series of knights represents the episode of the assault on the castle of Mardoc.
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Month of February
Stone. Detail of one of the reliefs showing zodiac signs carved in the middle arch of the main Basilica portal. About 1240. -
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Crafts
Stone, detail of the band belonging to the triple series of reliefs adorning the portal of the Basilica, about 1265.
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Altar Frontal
Gold sheet with stones and enamels, detail of the front face. The altar was conceived in the time of Charles the Bald, as an inscription shows. The gold covering of the altar was donated by Archbishop Angilbert II (824-859).
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Saint Martin and the Beggar
Marble. Height approx. cm 200. Work by an anonymous master who carved the “Stories of Saints Martin and Regulus” in the portico of the cathedral around 1233.
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Sarcophagus of Theodota
Marble, detail of the slab with hippocamps. Transennae of the Presbytery Enclosure of the Church of Santa Maria. Monastero di Teodora. It is dated to around 720.
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Sarcophagus of Theodota
Marble, detail of the slab with peacocks. Transennae from the chancel enclosure of the church of Santa Maria. Monastery of Theodota.
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Situla of Gotofredo
Ivory. The holy-water bucket of Archbishop Gotofredo of Milan was made for the ceremonies in Sant'Ambrogio on the occasion of Otto II's passage through Milan in 980.
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Head of the So-Called Theodora
Description: Late Roman sculpture, perhaps imported from the East.
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The Visitation
Stone, height cm 50. Detail on the Cathedral façade carved by a master stonecutter working to Lorenzo Maitani's design between 1310 and 1330.
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