Palazzo della Ragione, bottom wall, Patriarchs

The majestic figures of two Patriarchs, Isaac and Jacob, appear on this wall. Around them some small trees and a unusual efflorescence, sometimes identified mistakenly as a comet. Probably on the right there was a representation of Abraham, where today the fresco is no longer visible. Above the two figures it is possible to see the inferior parts of other figures. The keys clearly indicate Saint Peter, who is welcoming Giovanni Bono in paradise, as is written very clearly near him. Giovanni Bono, a street actor, then a hermit and a symbol of Christian virtue, was born in Mantua and died in the same city in 1249.