Example sentences for: jacopo

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  • Its prized possessions are two: the haunting Volto Santo (Holy Face), a wooden crucifix said to have been carved by Nicodemus and possessing miraculous powers; and the graceful white marble tomb of Ilaria del Carretto Guinigi by master Sienese sculptor Jacopo de lla Quercia (1408) in the former sacristy.

  • It has a fine central portal with reliefs of Old Testament scenes on its pilasters sculpted with great dignity and power by Siena-born master Jacopo della Quercia.

  • Its collapse fortunately hurt no one, but did crush Jacopo Sansovino’s beautiful 16th-century Loggetta, equally lovingly restored as the entrance to the campanile’s elevator.

  • The cathedral museum exhibits two major works by Ferrara’s 15th-century master Cosmè Tura, St. George and the Annunciation, and sculptures by Jacopo della Quercia, Madonna of the Pomegranate and St. Maurelius.

  • A second floor loggia is adorned with Jacopo della Quercia’s 15th-century carvings for the city fountain Fonte Gaia (of which a poor 19th-century replica stands in the piazza).


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