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Female bust known as La Mora
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Female head called of Theodora
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Agostino Busti, detto il Bambaia - Lying statue of Gaston de Foix
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Agostino di Duccio - San Sigismondo traveling to Aguano
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Bonino da Campione - Ark of Bernabò Visconti
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Plate with the symbols of the Evangelsti
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Portal of the Banco Mediceo
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Tabernacle with figures of angels
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External fornix of the Pusterla dei Fabbri
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Votive statues from Porta Ticinese
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Female bust known as La Mora
Female head called of Theodora
Agostino Busti, detto il Bambaia - Lying statue of Gaston de Foix
Agostino di Duccio - San Sigismondo traveling to Aguano
Bonino da Campione - Ark of Bernabò Visconti
Plate with the symbols of the Evangelsti
Portal of the Banco Mediceo
Tabernacle with figures of angels
External fornix of the Pusterla dei Fabbri
Votive statues from Porta Ticinese
Nine hank readout

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Description

The work came to light in 1846 about 80 cm below the ground near via San Primo in Milan: the discovery at a shallow depth and in the circuit of the fortifications allows the hypothesis that it was used as a construction material for the walls. . The sculpture features the effigy of a mature woman with a physiognomy characterized by high cheekbones, huge wide eyes, and a perfect face shape. The garment is richly adorned with a high ribbed bonnet decorated with a pearl diadem with an oval gem in the center. The high quality of this portrait, which makes it one of the most significant examples of Byzantine art in the West, raises the problem of its identification. Variously interpreted as the empress Theodora (517-584), wife of Justinian, or as Justina, mother of the Western emperor Valentinian II, the work is placed in balance between impersonal evocation of majesty and naturalism, thanks to the association between the individualized rendering of the physiognomic features and an essential treatment of the volumes.

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