# Pulpit relief: Adoration of the Magi

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PISANO, Nicola](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pisano-nicola-r5e9f258e7f0e16>)
- Date: 1251-1300
- Technique: Marble, 85 x 113 cm

## Commentary

The panels of the pulpit give a continuous narrative with the Annunciation, Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; the Adoration of the Magi depicted as the Three Ages of Man; the Presentation in the Temple; the Crucifixion; and the Last Judgment. Traces of pigment suggest that paint once increased the polychromy of the coloured marble, while the addition of black paste to some drill holes intensified the light and dark contrast of the carving.

## Related artworks

- [Fontana Maggiore: Adam and Eve](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pisano-nicola-r5e9f258e7f0e16/fontana-maggiore-adam-and-eve-r894746ffbfbd8c>)
- [Fontana Maggiore: April](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pisano-nicola-r5e9f258e7f0e16/fontana-maggiore-april-rc9b456e892e94e>)
- [Fontana Maggiore: August](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pisano-nicola-r5e9f258e7f0e16/fontana-maggiore-august-r20d03f3a51447e>)
- [Fontana Maggiore: December](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pisano-nicola-r5e9f258e7f0e16/fontana-maggiore-december-r20e600894977a1>)
- [Fontana Maggiore \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pisano-nicola-r5e9f258e7f0e16/fontana-maggiore-detail-r4a41019a795956>)
- [Fontana Maggiore \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pisano-nicola-r5e9f258e7f0e16/fontana-maggiore-detail-r66bcfcd4f2c0bb>)
- [Fontana Maggiore \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pisano-nicola-r5e9f258e7f0e16/fontana-maggiore-detail-r8509fe47216c80>)
- [Fontana Maggiore \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pisano-nicola-r5e9f258e7f0e16/fontana-maggiore-detail-rd3a6c0ef6f121d>)
- [Fontana Maggiore: Ecclesia Romana](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pisano-nicola-r5e9f258e7f0e16/fontana-maggiore-ecclesia-romana-rf827229fbc0f50>)
- [Fontana Maggiore: February](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pisano-nicola-r5e9f258e7f0e16/fontana-maggiore-february-r3c51d5500c4f81>)
- [Fontana Maggiore: January](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pisano-nicola-r5e9f258e7f0e16/fontana-maggiore-january-rb6480e1b1cefab>)
- [Fontana Maggiore: July](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pisano-nicola-r5e9f258e7f0e16/fontana-maggiore-july-r76901acea97779>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)