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Page 113: Pulpit in the Pisa Baptistry, Nicola Pisano (around 1260)
The five available panels (the sixth being the entrance from the stairwell into the pulpit) depict the Annunciation, the Nativity, and the Adoration of the Shepherds all squeezed into the first panel, followed by separate panels depicting the Adoration of the Magi, the Presentation of baby Jesus in the Temple. (Photograph by the author)
Page 113: Pulpit in the Siena Duomo, Nicola Pisano
In Nicola Pisano’s next commission—the pulpit for the Siena cathedral—his son Giovanni assisted in the work. (Photograph by the author)
Page 113: Pulpit in the Duomo, Siena
The seven panels available on this octagonal pulpit depict, respectively, the Visitation of Mary and her cousin Elizabeth along with the Nativity; the Journey and Adoration of the Magi; the Presentation of baby Jesus in the Temple and the Flight into Egypt; the Massacre of the Innocents ... and finally the Crucifixion and the Last Judgment. (Photograph by the author)
Page 113: Pulpit in the Duomo of Pisa by Giovanni Pisano
After his father’s death, Giovanni Pisano came into his own, first completing the pulpit in the church of Sant’Andrea in Pistoia in 1301, and then the monumental circular pulpit in the cathedral of Pisa during the following decade. (Photograph by the author)
Page 113: Pulpit by Giovanni Pisano, Duomo of Pisa
... the monumental circular pulpit in the cathedral of Pisa during the following decade. (Photograph by the author)
Page 113: Pulpit in the Pisa Duomo, detail
(Photograph by the author)