Sleeping Nymph
Relief
1823 (dated)
1823 (dated)
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| Place of origin |
This relief, made by Giacomo Marchino dir Campertogno (ca. 1785-1841) is adapted from the classical marble of the Hermaphrodite from the Borghese Gallery, Rome, another verision of which is in the Louvre. Marchino (1785-1841) trained, like his brother Giuseppe Marchino under the ivory sculptor Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo (1745-1820), who left him his studio in Turin. He specialised in small-scale reductions in ivory of antique sculptures, which were apparently popular amongst travellers passing through Turin.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Sleeping Nymph (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Ivory carved in relief |
| Brief description | Relief, ivory, Sleeping Nymph, by Marchino di Campertogno, Italian (probably Rome or Turin), 1823 |
| Physical description | The nearly naked figure lies prostrate on a couch with drapery around her arm and leg. The base signed. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'MARCHINO F. 1823' (signed at base) |
| Object history | Formerly Delves Broughton family. Donor to the museum Mrs Helen Huggett, London, in 1984, along with museum numbers A.12 and A.14-1984. According to the donor the three ivories were acquired by her ancestor, Charles Delves-Broughton (b. 1779) on the Grand Tour in about 1823, and were then given to his sister Elizabeth. Thereafter they were handed down from mother to daughter over five generations (handwritten note from the donor; Museum records). |
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| Summary | This relief, made by Giacomo Marchino dir Campertogno (ca. 1785-1841) is adapted from the classical marble of the Hermaphrodite from the Borghese Gallery, Rome, another verision of which is in the Louvre. Marchino (1785-1841) trained, like his brother Giuseppe Marchino under the ivory sculptor Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo (1745-1820), who left him his studio in Turin. He specialised in small-scale reductions in ivory of antique sculptures, which were apparently popular amongst travellers passing through Turin. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.13-1984 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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