Altar Frontal

Masterpiece of Carolingian goldsmith work, the so-called golden altar in Sant’Ambrogio probably came from the “school of enamel-work” of the 9th century in Lombardy where it reached its highest level of qualification. The part of the frontal piece with the Stories of Christ is the richest and most precious but the figures exploit a rather well-used formula with the insertion here and there of details of anecdotes.