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QUERCIA, Jacopo della: Trenta Altar: Sts Jerome and Richard

🖼 Trenta Altar: Sts Jerome and Richard, 1412-22
Marble
Lucca, Italy

Carved stone figures stand in Gothic niches, rendered with precise anatomical detail and flowing drapery. Quercia's marble saints exemplify early Renaissance sculpture, bridging medieval spirituality with humanistic naturalism in this monumental Luccan altar.

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E. H. Gombrich
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