# Gateway [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BREGNO, Andrea]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Marble ## Commentary The gateway, at the centre of the Sistine Chapel's 'cancellata', divides the part reserved for the pontiff and the liturgical celebrations from the area admitted to the faithful. The upper pillars enclose gratings - originally in gilt iron but now in wood - and a row of candelabrum above the lintel. The two inner marble tablets of the lower order are sculpted with putti bearing the emblem of Sixtus IV; the others are adorned with vegetal motifs. The gateway was executed in collaboration with Mino da Fiesole and Giovanni Dalmata. ## Related artworks - [Borgia Altar]() - [Borgia Altar]() - [Cantoria]() - [Cardinal Raffaele Sansoni Riario]() - [Cardinal Raffaele Sansoni Riario]() - [Monument of Cardinal Nicola de Cusa]() - [Monument to Cardinal Cristoforo della Rovere]() - [Monument to Cardinal Cristoforo della Rovere]() - [Monument to Cardinal Cristoforo della Rovere]() - [Piccolomini Altar]() - [St Andrew]() - [The Apparition of St Michael to St Gregory]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()