Tabernacle Door with Man of Sorrows, Annunciation and Trinity

Filarete created a monumental bronze door for St. Peter’s in Rome between 1433 and 1445. At that time he likely also made this small door, which closed the niche for the consecrated hosts of a tabernacle. The blood flowing from Christ’s wounds was once painted red, and together with the cross and chalice is meant to evoke the act of redemption celebrated in the sacrifice of the mass.