St Cerbone Being Thrown to the Bears (detail)
by GORO DI GREGORIO, Marble, height 37 cm (size of detail)
The picture shows a detail of the relief on the Tomb of Saint Cerbone, representing the scene of St Cerbone being thrown to the bears by the barbarian Totila. The beasts can be seen at the Bishop’s feet, the barbarian is in the box on the left.
Goro di Gregorio was an artist from the Sienese school of sculptors formed in Siena under Nicola and Giovanni Pisano in the 13th- and 14th-century. Other sculptors were Tino di Camaino, Agostino di Giovanni, Gano di Siena and Lorenzo Maitani.