The Tree of Jesse. Romanesque marble relief by Maestro dell'Arca del Battista (ca. 1225) on the main portal of the Genoa Cathedral (Duomo di Genova) in Genoa, Liguria, Italy. Jesse, the father of King David, is depicted sleeping bellow and the tree is growing from his rib. King David is depicted on the trunk as the first.

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