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Tabernacle of the Four Crowned Saints, detail of the bas-relief depicting two saints at work:  one, with a compass and square, makes a capital, while the other sculpts a putto with a pick or mattock, Nanni di Banco, 1408, Orsanmichele.
Tabernacle of the Four Crowned Saints, detail of the bas-relief depicting two saints at work: one, with a compass and square, makes a capital, while the other sculpts a putto with a pick or mattock, Nanni di Banco, 1408, Orsanmichele.
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