The funeral monument to Ilaria del Carretto in the Cathedral of Lucca.
One of the most famous monuments in Lucca is certainly this tomb, inside the Cathedral of Lucca (San Martino), dedicated to the Noblewoman Ilaria del Carretto daughter of the Marquises of Zuccarello sculpted by Jacopo della Quercia.
The beauty of this marble work is the delicacy of the sculpture which, like the Veiled Christ of Naples (which I have not yet managed to see), almost seems like a divine or magical work.
I will not waste time describing the work by copying here and there from the internet but as always I refer you to Wikipedia further down.
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The portrait is sweet and elegant, with a poignant contrast between the beauty of the subject and the state of death that has entered the collective imagination. The drapery is still late Gothic, aligned with contemporary Burgundian sculpture, but the portrait is characterized individually, the result of the lesson of the new Humanism, while the motif of the putti with festoons on their sides is an explicit classical citation.
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The funeral monument to Ilaria del Carretto in the cathedral of Lucca- Le monument funéraire d’Ilaria del Carretto dans la cathédrale de Lucca – El monumento funerario a Ilaria del Carretto en la catedral de Lucca – O monumento fúnebre a Ilaria del Carretto na Catedral de Lucca – Das Grabmal für Ilaria del Carretto in der Kathedrale von Lucca – Đài tưởng niệm lễ tang Ilaria del Carretto trong nhà thờ Lucca – Ilaria del Carretto 的葬礼纪念碑在卢卡大教堂 – ルッカ大聖堂にあるイラリアデルカレットの葬儀の記念碑
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