# Altar of Duke Ratchis \(front\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PRE-ROMANESQUE SCULPTOR, Italian](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pre-romanesque-sculptor-italian-r3df075e1a3fa22>)
- Date: 0701-0750
- Technique: Carsic stone

## Commentary

The Altar of Duke Ratchis, in Carsic stone, is rectangular in shape and still has traces of its polychrome decoration. Christ in Majesty is carved on the front while two crosses on either side of an opening for relics are found on the back. The programme is finished with carvings on the sides of the Visitation and the Adoration of the Magi. The style is strongly anti-Classical. The picture shows the front of the altar with the depiction of Christ in Majesty. This relief is a typical example of the Lombard decoration style.

## Related artworks

- [Altar of Duke Ratchis \(front\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pre-romanesque-sculptor-italian-r3df075e1a3fa22/altar-of-duke-ratchis-front-r57cd2978b4852b>)
- [Altar of Duke Ratchis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pre-romanesque-sculptor-italian-r3df075e1a3fa22/altar-of-duke-ratchis-r790ddc77a3d719>)
- [Altar of Duke Ratchis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pre-romanesque-sculptor-italian-r3df075e1a3fa22/altar-of-duke-ratchis-re083fc1534008c>)
- [Altar of Duke Ratchis \(side\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pre-romanesque-sculptor-italian-r3df075e1a3fa22/altar-of-duke-ratchis-side-r0f4502e9ad6e45>)
- [Altar of Duke Ratchis \(side\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pre-romanesque-sculptor-italian-r3df075e1a3fa22/altar-of-duke-ratchis-side-ra4bfe127e9807a>)
- [Altar of Duke Ratchis \(side\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pre-romanesque-sculptor-italian-r3df075e1a3fa22/altar-of-duke-ratchis-side-re1c98a2f1d1f35>)
- [Altar relief](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pre-romanesque-sculptor-italian-r3df075e1a3fa22/altar-relief-rce3cc2e9ef6847>)
- [Christ Receiving Magdeburg Cathedral from Emperor Otto I](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pre-romanesque-sculptor-italian-r3df075e1a3fa22/christ-receiving-magdeburg-cathedral-from-emperor-otto-i-ra2b5a5af9a918d>)
- [Christ Receiving Magdeburg Cathedral from Emperor Otto I](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pre-romanesque-sculptor-italian-r3df075e1a3fa22/christ-receiving-magdeburg-cathedral-from-emperor-otto-i-rb5af61171f74bb>)
- [Female saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pre-romanesque-sculptor-italian-r3df075e1a3fa22/female-saints-re94501309b9b6e>)
- [Marble slab](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pre-romanesque-sculptor-italian-r3df075e1a3fa22/marble-slab-r8d01980ede4317>)
- [Marble slab](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pre-romanesque-sculptor-italian-r3df075e1a3fa22/marble-slab-ra6bbcb6651e396>)

## Attribution

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