DETAILS
- Artist
- Giovanni Pisano
- Date
- 1300
- Medium
- marble
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- [object Object]
- Collection
- Medieval Art
- Culture
- Italy, Siena
- Credit line
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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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."