Statues of St Ansanus and St Victor
by FEDERIGHI, Antonio, Marble
The figures contributed by Federighi to the Loggia della Mercanzia stem from the late work of Jacopo della Quercia. The figure of St Ansanus is reminiscent of Jacopo della Quercia’s Angel Gabriel (San Gimignano, Collegiata). The treatment of the massive tubular folds of St Ansanus’s robe recalls della Quercia’s handling of the garments of the saints in the Trenta Altarpiece (Lucca, San Frediano). In the St Victor the head is shown in profile, as it is in Quercia’s prophets on the Baptismal Font.