Relief
1453-1461 (made), 1904 (cast)
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This panel comes from the Tomb of Carlo Marsuppini at Santa Croce in Florence by Desiderio da Settignano, executed between 1453 and 1461. Carlo Marsuppini was the chancellor of the Florentine Republic, and also a humanist.
This relief was produced in the Victoria and Albert Museum, possibly by the Department for the Sale of Casts (later the Casts Department).
This relief was produced in the Victoria and Albert Museum, possibly by the Department for the Sale of Casts (later the Casts Department).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Plaster cast |
| Brief description | Relief with inscription from the Tomb of Carlo Marsuppini at Santa Croce in Florence, plaster cast, after original by Desiderio da Settignano, 1453-1461 |
| Physical description | Panel with inscription in Latin |
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| Marks and inscriptions | SISTE VIDES MAGNVM QVAE SERVANT MARMORA VATEM
I INGENIO CVIVS NON SATIS ORBIS ERAT
QVAE NATVRA POLVS QVAE MOS FERAT OMNIA NOVIT
KAROLVS AETATIS GLORIA MAGNA SVAE.
AVSONIAE ET GRAIAE CRINES NVNC SOLVITE MVSAE
OCCIDIT HEV VESTRI FAMA DECVS QVE CHORI. (Composed by the humanist, Francesco Griffolini, in two letters to Piero de Medici written in June and July 1459.)
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| Object history | This relief was produced in the Victoria and Albert Museum. The museum also owns a plaster cast of the tomb, which was purchased from Oronzio Lelli in in 1891. |
| Historical context | Giorgio Vasari describes the tomb in his Life of Desiderio da Settignano, 'He made the tomb of messer Carlo Marsuppini of Arezzo in S. Croce, which not only astonished the artists and intelligent persions who looked at it at that time, but continues to astonish those who see it now.' Carlo Marsuppini was the chancellor of the Florentine Republic, and also a humanist. He was known for his letters and poems. Pope Nicholas V instructed him in 1452 to translate Homer's Iliad into Latin, but this project was largely incomplete when Marsuppini died. The Museum operated a Department for the Sale of Casts (later the Casts Department), which produced commercial casts on demand, and which may have been responsible for producing this cast. This department produced plaster casts and electrotypes for sale to art schools and members of the public. It is unclear if this cast would have been on display or for sale, as the inscription is also on the full cast of the Marsuppini tomb. |
| Production | 19th century plaster cast after original date 1453-1461 by Desiderio da Settignano |
| Summary | This panel comes from the Tomb of Carlo Marsuppini at Santa Croce in Florence by Desiderio da Settignano, executed between 1453 and 1461. Carlo Marsuppini was the chancellor of the Florentine Republic, and also a humanist. This relief was produced in the Victoria and Albert Museum, possibly by the Department for the Sale of Casts (later the Casts Department). |
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| Accession number | REPRO.1904A-37 |
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| Record created | November 8, 2010 |
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