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Bust

Bust

  • Place of origin:

    Florence, Italy (made)

  • Date:

    the last quarter 15th century (carved)

  • Artist/Maker:

    da Maiano, Benedetto, born 1442 - died 1497 (workshop of)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Marble

  • Museum number:

    974-1875

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This is a marble bust made in the workshop of Benedetto da Maiano in the last quarter of the 15th century Florence, Italy. This bust represents an unknown man. This bust if closely related to the bust of Onofrio di Pietro in the sacristy of the Collegiata at San Gimignano, which was commissioned from Benedetto da Maiano in 1493 and executed by a workshop assistant from a model by the master. It probably formed part of a sepulchral monument. The bust is inferior in handling to Benedetto's signed busts of Petro Mellini in the Museo Nazionale, Florence (1474) and Filippo Strozzi in the Louvre (ca. 1491). The nose has been broken and the lower part is restored in marble.

Physical description

Portrait of a man, bust in marble. The head is turned slightly to the right, and the upper garment, worn over a pleated tunic, is looped over the left shoulder.

Place of Origin

Florence, Italy (made)

Date

the last quarter 15th century (carved)

Artist/maker

da Maiano, Benedetto, born 1442 - died 1497 (workshop of)

Materials and Techniques

Marble

Dimensions

Height: 55.2 cm, Weight: 74 kg

Descriptive line

Portrait bust of an unknown man, marble, workshop of Benedetto da Maiano, Italy (Florence), last quarter of the 15th century

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington, Acquired During the Year 1875, Arranged According to the Dates of Acquisition. London : Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O. p. 78.
Maclagan, Eric and Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture. London, 1932. p. 56.
Pope-Hennessy, John. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, 1964. cat. no. 135. fig. 161.
Schuyler, Jane. Florentine busts : sculpted portraiture in the fifteenth century / Jane Schuyler. New York, 1976. pp. 235-236. fig. 115.

Exhibition History

At Home in Renaissance Italy (Victoria and Albert Museum 05/10/2006-31/07/2101)

Subjects depicted

Men; Portrait

Categories

Portraits; Sculpture

Collection code

SCP

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