Example sentences for: jacopo

How can you use “jacopo” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 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.

  • 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).

  • 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.

  • 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.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast