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Bust

ca. 1630-1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Ticino (made)

This bust of a female saint is said to have come from a church in the canton of Ticino, near the Swiss-Italian border. Together with the bust of a male saint (V&A no. A.133-1956) this bust probably formed part of an altarpiece or a large reliquary. Much of the surviving polychromy is original.


Object details

Categories
Sculpture
Christianity
Portraits
Object type
Bust
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bust
  • Bag of Fragments
Materials and techniques
Carved and painted limewood
Limewood
Brief description
Bust, carved and painted limewood, of a female saint, Italy (Ticino), ca.1630-1650
Physical description
Bust of a female saint in painted limewood.
Dimensions
  • Height: 57.2cm
Subject depicted
Saint
Summary
This bust of a female saint is said to have come from a church in the canton of Ticino, near the Swiss-Italian border. Together with the bust of a male saint (V&A no. A.133-1956) this bust probably formed part of an altarpiece or a large reliquary. Much of the surviving polychromy is original.
Associated object
A.133-1956 (Set)
Bibliographic references
  • Herzog, E., Ress, A. Der Frankfurter Barockbildhauer Justus Glesker. Schriften des Historischen Museums Frankfurt am Main. X, 1962. pp. 102-103, 112. figs. 33-34.
  • Theuerkauff, Christian. Justus Glesker oder Ehrgott Bernhard Bendl? Schriften des Historischen Museums Frankfurt am Main. 13. 1972. pp. 39-76.
  • Schlosser, Julius von. Aus der Bildnerwerkstatt der Renaissance : Fragmente zur Geschichte der Renaissanceplastik. Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen in Wien, 3. 1913/14. pp. 67-136.
  • Schlosser, Julius von. Werke der Kleinplastik in der Skulpturensammlung des A. H. Kaiserhauses. I. Wien: Schroll, 1910. p. 16.
  • Thieme-Becker. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler. X. 1914. p. 190.
  • Raggio, Olga. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Art Bulletin. vol L. 1968.
  • Zeiss, August. Meine Kunstsammlung. Leipzig. E. A. Seemann, 1900. p. 15. no. 36.
  • Planiscig, Leo von. Die Bronzeplastiken, Statuetten, Reliefs, Geräte und Plaketten : Katalog mit den Abbildungen sämtlicher Stücke. Wien: Schroll, 1924. no. 342.
  • Bange, E. F. von. 3. Die Bildwerke in Bronze und in anderen Metallen, Die Bildwerke des Deutschen Museums. Berlin, De Gruyter, 1923. no. 301.
  • Sandrart, Joachim von. Teutsche Academie. 1675. III. p. 349.
  • Fransolet, Mariette. François Du Quesnoy, sculpteur d'Urbain VIII, 1597-1643. Bruxelles : Palais des académies, 1942. p. 106.
  • Gonse, Louis. Les chefs-d'oeuvre des musées de France. Paris : Société Française d'Editions d'Art, 1904. pl. facing p. 212.
  • Pope-Hennessy, John. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, 1964. cat. no. 581. fig. no. 679.
  • Maclagan, Eric and Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture. London, 1932. p. 153.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.57-1920

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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