# Left reliefs on the portal: 1. Creation of Adam [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [QUERCIA, Jacopo della]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Istrian stone, 99 x 92 cm \(with frame\) ## Commentary Left reliefs on the portal: 1. Creation of Adam 1425-35 Istrian stone, 99 x 92 cm \(with frame\) San Petronio, Bologna This is a relief from the portal of San Petronio. Jacopo worked in Bologna sporadically until his death. He was commissioned to execute ten Genesis scenes for the pilasters by the doors. The scenes included the Creation of Adam. On the main doorway of San Petronio in Bologna Jacopo returned from the sensitive style of his Siena relief to the heavy drapery style characteristic of his Trenta Altar, and produced a series of extremely monumental relief figures that made a deep impression on the young Michelangelo. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 12 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/18\_cent/haydn\_creation.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Joseph Haydn: The Creation, introduction and aria</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Acca Larentia]() - [Acca Larentia]() - [Acca Larentia]() - [Angel of the Annunciation]() - [Angel of the Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Baptismal font: Annunciation to Zacharias]() - [Baptismal font: Annunciation to Zacharias]() - [Baptismal font: Prophet]() - [Baptismal font: Prophet]() - [Baptismal font: Prophet]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()