Benedetto Antelami

"Antelami" is not a surname, but a place-name used to denote skilled workers in sculpture and stone working from the Intelvi Valley just north of Como.

His earliest recorded work is at Parma Cathedral, where in 1178 he executed a bas-relief of the Deposition from the Cross, originally was part of the ambo.

[4] Here, between 1196 and 1214, he made the lunettes of the three portals: on the outside portraying the Adoration of the Magi, the Last Judgement and an allegory of life, on the inside the Flight into Egypt, the Presentation at the Temple and David playing the harp.

His trademark is relief carvings emphasizing design by means of drapery details on elongate figures and tight compositions.

[6] The main west door of the Basilica di San Marco, Venice, is also attributed by some to Antelami or his school,[citation needed] and the current replacement version of the Holy Face of Lucca (the Volto Santo) is ascribed to his circle.