The activity of Michele di Nello in Siena cathedral and the ‘Crucifix' of San Pier di Sotto in San Casciano in Val di Pesa

Roberto Bartalini
The vicissitudes of the Siena cathedral building site and two particular commissions in the summer and autumn of 1356 make it possible to take steps towards the identification of the sculptural corpus of Michele di Nello, a “master of stone” hitherto unknown but who, thanks to the documentation of the time, can be identified as an important figure on the Sienese artistic scene in the aftermath of the Black Death of 1348. Starting from the sculptures of the cathedral building, it is possible to identify his activity in the field of woodcarving, thus sketching in a more articulate way the story of this new actor on the stage of 14th-century sculpture in Siena.
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PROSPETTIVA - 179-180 (July-October 2020)

Italiano
pp. 60-71
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