Side of the antependium of the altar in the Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio, Milan. It is a bas-relief formed of sheets of gold. Lato del Paliotto della Basilica di S. Ambrogio. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Pietro Giarre from Giulio Ferrario’s Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1844.

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