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The Virgin and Child with an Angel

Relief
ca. 1640 (made)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

This bronze relief, of the Virgin and Child, is by Jacques Sarazin and was made in about 1640 in Paris.

Sarazin (1588-1660) studied and worked in Rome between 1610 and 1628, and was deeply influenced there by the sculptures of Algardi and Duquesnoy. The relief shows these influences. His work is the sculptural equivalent of the paintings of his close friend Simon Vouet, who studied with him in Rome. One of the founders of the Academie Royale, Sarazin assisted Charles Lebrun in its organisation. The leading sculptor in Paris in the first half of the 17th century, he was the teacher of many of the generation of sculptors who were to work at Versailles (Girardon, Marsy, Le Hongre), exerting a decisive influence on the special development of French Baroque sculpture and architectural decoration.


Object details

Categories
Christianity
Religion
Sculpture
Metalwork
Medallions
Reliefs
Object type
Relief
TitleThe Virgin and Child with an Angel (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze, on a gilt copper background; the frame of copper repousse
Bronze
Copper
Cast
Repoussé
Brief description
Relief, bronze, depicting the Virgin and Child, by Jacques Sarazin, Paris, ca.1640
Physical description
The oval relief depicts the Virgin in half-length suckling the swaddled Child, who is held in her right arm. She gazes downwards at the Child and presses her breast with her left hand. From the left an angel with hands crossed on his chest leans forward towards the Child. His left wing extends behind the Child's head. The relief is set on a flat background of gilt metal, and is contained in a foliated repoussé copper frame with bronze ribbons at the top.
Dimensions
  • Height: 58.4cm (Note: Dimension from Object Card)
  • Width: 72.4cm (Note: Dimension from Object Card.)
  • Height: 680mm (approx) (Note: Measured by Technical Services for Europe 1600-1800)
  • Width: 715mm (approx) (Note: Measured by Technical Services for Europe 1600-1800)
  • Depth: 135mm (approx) (Note: Measured by Technical Services for Europe 1600-1800)
Gallery label
  • THE VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH AN ANGEL By Jacques Sarazin (1588-1660) FRENCH, Paris, about 1640 Bronze, on a gilt copper background, the frame of copper repousse. Sarazin studied and worked in Rome between 1610 and 1628, and was deeply influenced there by the sculptures of Algardi and Duquesnoy. His work is the sculptural equivalent of the paintings of his close friend Simon Vouet, who studied with him in Rome. 8384-1863(1970-1980)
  • THE VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH AN ANGEL French (Paris); about 1640 Bronze, on a gilt copper background; the frame of the copper repousse By Jacques Sarazin Sarazin studied and worked in Rome between1610 and 1628, and was deeply influenced there by the sculptures of Algardi and Duquesnoy. His work is the sculptural equivalent of the paintings of his close friend Simon Vouet, who studies with him in Rome. (1993 - 2011)
Object history
Sarazin studied and worked in Rome between 1610 and 1628, and was deeply influenced there by the sculptures of Algardi and Duquesnoy. The relief shows these influences. His work is the sculptural equivalent of the paintings of his close friend Simon Vouet, who studied with him in Rome.
Production
(also written Sarrazin)
Subjects depicted
Angel
Virgin and Child
Summary
This bronze relief, of the Virgin and Child, is by Jacques Sarazin and was made in about 1640 in Paris.

Sarazin (1588-1660) studied and worked in Rome between 1610 and 1628, and was deeply influenced there by the sculptures of Algardi and Duquesnoy. The relief shows these influences. His work is the sculptural equivalent of the paintings of his close friend Simon Vouet, who studied with him in Rome. One of the founders of the Academie Royale, Sarazin assisted Charles Lebrun in its organisation. The leading sculptor in Paris in the first half of the 17th century, he was the teacher of many of the generation of sculptors who were to work at Versailles (Girardon, Marsy, Le Hongre), exerting a decisive influence on the special development of French Baroque sculpture and architectural decoration.
Bibliographic references
  • Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1863 In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 39
  • Arnoldi, Franceso Negri, 'Scultura Italiana al Victoria and Albert Museum I&II. In: Commentari, anno XXI, June-July 1970. Fascicoli, pp. 205, 206
  • Pope-Hennessy, John. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Volume II: Text. Sixteenth to Twentieth Century. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1964, p. 626
  • De Lavergnée, Barbara Brejon, Bresc-Bautier, Geneviève, de la Moureyre, Françoise, Jacques Sarazin: Sculpteur du Roi 1592-1660, exh. cat., Noyonnais, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1992, p. 145, fig. 82
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
8384-1863

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Record createdOctober 21, 2008
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