Relief from an Altar or Tabernacle

Benedetto da Rovezzano

National Gallery of Art

The sculpture features two cherubs with wings adorning either side of a central rectangular plaque. The cherubs each stand on opposite ends of the marble rectangle, with their bodies facing inward and their arms holding up the plaque. The central plaque contains engraved text surrounded by decorative borders. Around the cherubs are carvings of fruits and pinecones among garlands of leaves.