AUTHOR: Giovanni Giorgio Lascaris
CENTURY: XVI°
CHURCH: Church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli
POSITION: tympanum, over the entrance door
METHOD : sculpture, high-relief
MATERIAL: marble
The sculptures on the upper levels were engraved by different gouges of various talents, not all belonging to the workshop of Pietro Lomabardo.
The Virgin and Child, in the tympanum over the altar, is an advanced style of work and is of remarkable quality.
The signature of the artist, “Pyrgoteles” engraved in Roman letters on small plaque is noteworthy; which is the erudite pen name of Giovanni Giorgio Lascaris, a very appreciated sculptor in that epoch.
