The sculpture of the lintel is first notable for its concise and intense story of the Life of Christ.
1. The Annunciation. (Both Virgin and Angel kneeling.)
2. The Nativity.
3. The Epiphany. (Chosen as a sign of life giver to the
Gentiles.)
4. Christ bearing His Cross. (Chosen as a sign of His
personal life in its entirety.)
5. The Crucifixion.
6. The Resurrection.
Secondly. As sculpture, this lintel shows all the principal features of the characteristic 13th century design of Verona.
Diminutive and stunted figures; the heads ugly in features, stern in expression; but the drapery exquisitely disposed in minute but not deep-cut folds.
(13.) The Angels on the left hand of the subject of the Resurrection in No. 12. (A.)
Drawn of its actual size, excellently.
The appearance of fusion and softness in the contours is not caused by time, but is intentional, and reached by great skill in the sculptor, faithfully rendered in the drawing.
(14.) Sketch of the Capital of the Central Pillar in No. 12. (R.)
(With slight notes of a 16th century bracket of a street balcony on each side.)