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Roberto

Baptismal Font

Deriving directly from Biduino, Roberto gradually breaks up his compactness by insisting on the graphic treatment of the drapery and on contorted, gangling poses, and by tormenting the figure types to the limits of an exasperated pathos, which imparts a convulsive movement to the narrative.

How to cite

Bruno Balestrini (photograph), “Baptismal Font”, work by Roberto, Romanesque Sculpture, Lucca, San Frediano. Bruno Balestrini Photographic Archive, https://brunobalestrini.org/cita/sch00513/. Accessed [date accessed].

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