An Apostle from the Iconostasis

When he lined up his Apostles on the iconostasis of the Venetian basilica (1394), Jacobello was well aware of the Tuscan lesson, documented in Venice by first-hand works such as the Cornaro tomb by Nino Pisano; but entirely northern is the harsh, rough dynamism that shapes the figures in a sudden vehemence of expression, of a brisk yet subtly captivating eloquence.