The Virgin and Child with an Angel
Relief
ca. 1640 (made)
ca. 1640 (made)
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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.
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.
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Title | The Virgin and Child with an Angel (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Bronze, on a gilt copper background; the frame of copper repousse |
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. |
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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) |
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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. |
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Accession number | 8384-1863 |
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Record created | October 21, 2008 |
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