Sepulchre of Peter of Verona by Giovanni di Balduccio, 1339
Cappella Portinari (Portinari Chapel)
Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio
Piazza Sant'Eustorgio
Milan, May 2018
“In 1736 the elaborate marble sepulchre of Peter of Verona, commissioned in 1336 from Giovanni di Balduccio (a pupil of Giovanni Pisano), was moved from the basilica into the Portinari Chapel and placed at the back of the apse; the following year a marble altar was erected in front of it, on which was placed the silver shrine containing the saint’s head. In the 1880s the sepulchre, which had been hidden away awkwardly behind the altar, was moved into the main body of the chapel and placed somewhat off-centre, where it would be well lit by the lateral windows, and where it still stands. The head, however, is today conserved in a small adjacent chapel.” (Portinari Chapel, Wikipedia)
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