Pilaster of Angels Sounding Trumpets from the Parapet of a Pulpit
1302–10
Medium
Marble (Lunense from Carrara), traces of paint
Dimensions
Overall: 33 5/8 x 9 1/8 x 7 in. (85.4 x 23.2 x 17.8 cm)
Classification
Sculpture-Stone
Culture
Central Italian
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1910
Accession Number
10.203.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
Nestled in the Medieval Art collection of the Metropolitan Museum of, this Pilaster of Angels Sounding Trumpets a masterful fragment from the parapet of a pulpit sculpted by Giovanni Pisano between 1302 and 1310. Giovanni, a leading Central Italian artist and son of the renowned Nicola Pisano, worked during the late Gothic period, blending classical influences with expressive northern Gothic dynamism. This piece likely originated from the celebrated pulpit in Pisa Cathedral, where Pisano's innovative designs elevated pulpits from simple platforms to dramatic ensembles of narrative reliefs and ...