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The saints represented in the pilasters are St John the Baptist (top) and St Syrus on the left and St. Peter (top) and St Paul on the right.\r\nThe reliefs were described at the time of acquisition as 'portions of an altar formerly in the church of Saint Domenico, Genoa, now destroyed.' The church was suppressed in 1797 and its sculptures sold abroad.\r\n\r\nThe sculpture is similar to a tabernacle commissioned for the Abbey of Fécamp in 1507 from Pace Gaggini, a member of the leading family of Genoese sculptors. The form of the Fécamp tabernacle suggests that the present one is incomplete. Originally there would probably have been a double moulding and frieze of cherub heads separating the lunette from the pilasters.","physicalDescription":"Above, in the lunette, is the Resurrection, with (centre) Christ rising from the tomb and (right and left) four sleeping soldiers, against a background of hills and trees and (right centre) the city of Jerusalem. 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