Detail View: The AMICA Library: Lectern for the Reading of the Gospels with the Eagle of Saint John the Evangelist
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.18.70.28
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Creator Name:
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Pisano, Giovanni
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Italian
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Italian, ca. 1240-1319
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Giovanni Pisano
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Title:
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Lectern for the Reading of the Gospels with the Eagle of Saint John the Evangelist
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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ca. 1301, with later additions
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Creation Start Date:
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1299
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Creation End Date:
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1303
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Materials and Techniques:
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Carrera marble with addition of Pentelic marble
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Classification Term:
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Sculpture-Stone
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Dimensions:
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27 3/4 x 24 3/16 x 16 in. (70.5 x 61.5 x 40.6 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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18.70.28
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Credit Line:
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Rogers Fund, 1918
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Rights:
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Context:
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Sculpted by Giovanni Pisano, one of the finest sculptors of the Gothic period, this lectern was once a part of the pulpit at the Church of Sant'Andrea at Pistoia. It is in the shape of an imposing full-size figure of an eagle, grasping a book in its talons, which stands with head erect, facing to its left, wings held poised as if ready for flight. The head is a later replacement. A marble bookrest, hexagonal in form with a protruding ledge at the bottom, meant to hold the Gospels for liturgical reading, rests on the bird's wings. The eagle served as the crowning element of a Tetramorph, a sculptural composite of the symbols of the four Evangelists. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.md18.70.28.R.tif
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