The Visitation

The reliefs on the two central pillars were almost certainly executed before those on the two outer pillars, by a Master whose identity is not yet known to us, but who, by reason of the reminiscences of Nicola Pisano's second pulpit and, later, of those of Giovanni Pisano, as well as the echoes of French culture, appears to us to be of predominantly Sienese origin and training. This Visitation in particular echoes more than one of Giovanni's formulas.