# Pulpit reliefs: 1. Annunciation, Visitation, and Birth of St John the Baptist [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PISANO, Giovanni]() - Date: 1251-1300 - Technique: Marble ## Commentary Pulpit reliefs: 1. Annunciation, Visitation, and Birth of St John the Baptist 1302-11 Marble Cathedral, Pisa The parapet, set between corbelled cornices, is circular, but the statues at the corners, set on projecting, semicircular platforms, define its octagonal plan. On the sides are narrative reliefs with scenes arranged in superimposed strips. The height of the pulpit is very great, and for this reason the buildings and figures are conceived in relation to the viewing point of the spectator not to the plane of relief. The first panel shows the Annunciation and Visitation at the top and the Birth of St John the Baptist beneath. ## Related artworks - [Angel Pietà]() - [Crucifix]() - [Crucifix]() - [Crucifix]() - [Crucifix]() - [Deacons Holding Candles]() - [Exterior view of the Cathedral]() - [Exterior view of the Cathedral]() - [Fontana Maggiore: Liberal Arts]() - [Fontana Maggiore: Liberal Arts]() - [Fontana Maggiore: Liberal Arts]() - [Fontana Maggiore: Liberal Arts]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()