BURIAL URN OF PROCURATOR FILIPPO CORRER

Author: Anonymous
Century: XV°
Church: Basilica of San Pietro di Castello
DATE: after 1417

POSITION: opposite of the façade – right nave (on map n°3)

METHOD: sculpture

MATERIAL: marble

The burial urn of Procurator Filippo Correr, brother of pope Gregorio XII who died in 1416, is the only remaining example of an urn of the numerous ones that once adorned the church.

The urn presents the laying figure of the deceased and the chest is decorated with allegorical figures of Virtue.