Della Torre Monument: Relief #2

The picture shows the Illness of Della Torre. In this scene we see Della Torre seated naked on a couch, receiving succour from the friends. Apollo presides over the scene, and on the left Atropos severs the thread of Della Torre’s life. Yet the language of the relief is so simple, so natural, so transparently sincere, that the imagery is acceptable on a Christian as well as a pagan plane.