Tabernacle (detail)
by DESIDERIO DA SETTIGNANO, Marble
The half-length relief of the Lamentation over Christ forming the lower half of the tabernacle, with the outlines of the figures deeply undercut, is stylistically distinct from the sculptor’s other late work and has led to the suggestion that it is not by Desiderio at all, although iconographically it is appropriate for an altar dedicated to the sacrament.