# Doors of the west portal [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian]() - Date: 1101-1150 - Technique: Bronze, wood, height 488 cm, width 366 cm ## Commentary Doors of the west portal c. 1138 Bronze, wood, height 488 cm, width 366 cm San Zeno, Verona Bronze doors form one of the major monuments of the Romanesque Middle Ages. Coveted by all the great religious centres, they are preserved both in Italy, from Venice to Sicily, and in the northern countries. In northern Italy, the door leaves of San Zeno at Verona are composed of panels assembled on a wooden core executed by different masters in a firmly Romanesque style: they present an iconography mainly centred on the Old and New Testaments, but also including apocalyptic themes and the story of St Zeno. Different dates, which should fall in the second quarter of the twelfth century, have been assigned to the various styles. ## Related artworks - [A Bishop Saint]() - [A Curious Scene]() - [Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel]() - [Adoration of St Mark]() - [Allegorical Portrait of Dante]() - [Altar frontal]() - [Altarpiece \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare]() - [Altarpiece of the Magi]() - [Altarpiece]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()