Portal of empire and wealth: Jacopo Sansovino's entrance to the Venetian mint.

From: The Art Bulletin | Date: September 1, 2004| Author: Johnson, Eugene J. | Copyright information

The Venetian Zecca, or mint, boasts an impressive portal (Fig. 1). Two overlife-size herms of bearded, bare-chested, muscular men--almost mirror images of each other--support a Doric entablature and frame the rusticated, round-arched opening through which one passes into the building. The outer hands of the herms point across their bare chests to guide visitors to the doorway, (1) while their lowered inner hands hold ample folds of drapery that cascade down the fronts of the tapered...

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