DETAILS
- Artist
- Giovanni Pisano
- Date
- 1301
- Medium
- Marble
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- Overall: 27 3/4 x 24 3/16 x 16in. (70.5 x 61.5 x 40.6cm)
- Collection
- Medieval Art
- Culture
- Italian
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1918
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The full narration walks you through Lectern for the Reading of the Gospels with the Eagle of Saint John the Evangelist — the story behind it, the details most visitors miss, and why it matters. Free in the Art Whisper app.
THE ARTIST
Giovanni Pisano
1248–1315 · ItalyGiovanni Pisano, a pioneering Italian sculptor, blended French Gothic elegance with ancient Roman power, creating dramatic, animated figures that earned him the title "the first modern sculptor."