Pisa Cathedral Doors

Giambologna; Tacca, Pietro; Reichle, Hans
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/133061
Date
1599-1602
Description
Lateral bronze doors of the west front (left of center), depicting scenes from the Ministry of Christ: detail of the Adoration of the Shepherds by Hans Reichle, 1601; Under the aegis of Giambologna a number of pupils collaborated on the three pairs of bronze doors (ca. 1600) for the western façade of Pisa Cathedral. Tacca's first known independent work is the Adoration of the Magi relief (1601). Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 4/26/2010)
Type of Work
bas-relief (sculpture); door
Subject
architectural exteriors, cycles or series, New Testament, Jesus Christ, Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint, life of Christ, life of the Virgin, Assumption, Nativity, Annunciation, presentation in the Temple, Passion, Calvary, Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style)
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