# Head of Ecclesia [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian]() - Date: 1201-1250 - Technique: Marble ## Commentary The picture shows the head of Ecclesia from the the pulpit of the Gospels, located on the right of the central nave. The <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/n/nicola\_f/pulpit.html'\)" href="/html/n/nicola\_f/pulpit.html">pulpit</a> was created in 1272 by Nicola di Bartolomeo da Foggia. In the past the bust was placed on the entrance arch to the pulpit itself. Some scholars attribute the bust to Nicola di Bartolomeo da Foggia as the bust of Sigilgaida Rufolo, wife of the patron of the pulpit. ## 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]()