After Arnolfo di Cambio, (Italian 1240 - 1300/1310), a patinated and parcel gilt bronze model of Saint Peter, late 19th century, portrayed as seated, robed and with a halo above his head, 74cm high Arnolfo was born in Colle Val d'Elsa, Tuscany later serving as Nicola Pisano s chief assistant on the marble Siena Cathedral Pulpit for the Duomo in Siena Cathedral (1265-1268), but he soon began to work independently on an important tomb sculpture. In 1266-1267 he worked in Rome for King Charles I of Anjou, portraying him in the famous statue housed in the Campidoglio. In the late 13th century he also worked on the presepio of Santa Maria Maggiore, on Santa Maria in Aracoeli, on the monument of Pope Boniface VIII and on the bronze statue of St. Peter in St. Peter's Basilica, which is reproduced in bronze in this lot.