Deer head with a cross by Paolo Morelli
Basilica di Sant'Eustachio (Basilica of Saint Eustace)
Piazza di Sant'Eustachio
Rome, September 2019
“On top is a triangular pediment with in its middle a circular window surrounded with palm branches and surmounted by a crown. On top of the pediment stands a deer head with a cross between the antlers (done by the sculptor Paolo Morelli († 1719), in reference to the legend of Saint Eustace.” (Sant'Eustachio, Wikipedia)
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