Lectern for the Reading of the Gospels with the Eagle of Saint John the Evangelist, ca. 1301, with later additions, Made in Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy, Italian, Carrera marble with addition of Pentelic marble, Overall: 27 3/4 x 24 3/16 x 16in. (70.5 x 61.5 x 40.6cm), Sculpture-Stone, Giovanni Pisano (Italian, Pisa ca. 1240–1319 Siena), Sculpted by Giovanni Pisano, one of the finest sculptors of the Gothic period, this lectern was once a part of the pulpit at the Church of Sant' Andrea at Pistoia. It is in the shape of an imposing full-size figure of an eagle, grasping a book in its talons, which stands with head erect, facing to its left, wings held poised as if ready for flight
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Lectern, Reading, Gospels, Eagle, Saint John, Evangelist, ca, 1301, later additions, Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy, Italian, Carrera marble, addition, Pentelic, Overall, 27 3/4 x 24 3/16 16in, 70.5 61.5 40.6cm, Sculpture-Stone, Giovanni Pisano, Pisa ca., 1240–1319, Siena, Sculpted, finest sculptors, Gothic period, lectern, part, pulpit, Church, Sant, Andrea, shape, imposing full-size figure, eagle, grasping, book, talons, stands, head erect, facing, left, wings held, poised, if ready, flight
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