Arca di San Domenico
1267
Gothic
public art
The Arca di San Domenico is a monumental Gothic marble tomb that houses the relics of Saint Dominic inside the basilica bearing his name, one of the most extraordinary accumulations of sculptural talent in Italian medieval and Renaissance…
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- 1267
Nicola Pisano, Arnolfo di Cambio
- 1469
Commissioned in 1469 to create a crowning superstructure on Nicola Pisano's 1267 sarcophagus. Added spiral spire, Evangelists, angels, and Pietà. Some figures later completed by Michelangelo.
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