St. Mark's Winged Lion Size:cm 20 (h) x 20 (w) / in 7.9 (h) x 7.9 (w) depicting Aeolus

depicting Aeolus

a copy in marble

and it is the personification not of the men’s destiny but of what they could come across and have to answer to

For this reason

St. Mark's Winged Lion Size:cm 20 (h) x 20 (w) / in 7.9 (h) x 7.9 (w) depicting AeolusRefined and elegant sculpture, modelled in painted and gilded terracotta. This expressive bas relief is freely inspired by the bronze one by Donatello, depicting the Lion of St Mark, displayed on the main altar of St Anthony's Basilica in Padua (mid 15th century). The winged Lion is the symbol of Venice, because the winged lion described in the book of Revelation (Rv. 4,7) was identified as being St Mark the Evangelist, buried in the main church of