GIOVANNI DA CAMPIONE
(b. ca. 1320, Campione, d. ca. 1375, Campione)

North portal with red lions

1351
Marble
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo

Giovanni da Campione's porch in the left transept is supported by columns departing from lions in Veronese marble. The arch has a frieze with hunting scenes, while the vault is decorated by polychrome lozenges. A loggia houses statues of St Barbara, St Vincent and St Alexander. At the peak is a Gothic niche by Hans von Fernach, with the Madonna with Child flanked by St Esther and St Grata (1398).