Scenes from Genesis
by WILIGELMO, Marble, height 100 cm
The picture shows a relief on the west fa�ade of the cathedral of San Geminiano in Modena.
Master Wiligelmo worked from 1099 for the cathedral architect Lanfranco in Modena. We know his name due to the inscription which he left over one of the four fa�ade reliefs whose theme is essentially the Book of Genesis. These four reliefs are the starting point of Romanesque sculpture in Italy, and the return to the Classical style is characteristic of Wiligelmo’s figures.