Upper Part of a Tabernacle for the Holy Sacrament
Isaia da Pisa
1461/63
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
88.3 × 116.8 cm (34 3/4 × 46 in.)
Classification
relief
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
27150
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This relief represents the upper of two surviving panels from the altar of the Holy Sacrament in the Roman basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (the second panel remains in the church). Dismantled in 1573, the altar was one of a number of improvements in the church instituted by Cardinal Guillaume d’Estouteville, archpriest of Santa Maria Maggiore during much of the 15th century. As his name implies, Isaia came from a family of stone carvers in Pisa and was active in Rome from 1428. He produced a nu...