The Plutei of Theodota are two mid 8th-century Lombard marble bas-reliefs or plutei from the oratory of San Michele alla Pusterla in Italy. [1] They are now held in the Civic Museums of Pavia. Naturalistic in style, they were produced during the Liutprandean Renaissance. [2] One shows the Tree of Life between two griffins and the other shows a cross and font between two peacocks. [3]
They are named after Theodota, a Byzantine noblewoman [1] who became the lover of king Cunipert (688–700), who later placed her in the Santa Maria Teodote monastery, also known as Santa Maria della Pusterla [1] [4] (now the Diocesan Seminary for Pavia), near which was later built the oratorio di San Michele.
The Plutei of Theodota are two mid 8th-century Lombard marble bas-reliefs or plutei from the oratory of San Michele alla Pusterla in Italy. [1] They are now held in the Civic Museums of Pavia. Naturalistic in style, they were produced during the Liutprandean Renaissance. [2] One shows the Tree of Life between two griffins and the other shows a cross and font between two peacocks. [3]
They are named after Theodota, a Byzantine noblewoman [1] who became the lover of king Cunipert (688–700), who later placed her in the Santa Maria Teodote monastery, also known as Santa Maria della Pusterla [1] [4] (now the Diocesan Seminary for Pavia), near which was later built the oratorio di San Michele.