Capital
1483-1490 (made)
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This console, with acanthus leaves and other Renaissance decoration, came from a fort on the Adriatic coast. The fort was commissioned by Giovanni della Rovere, Lord of Senigallia and nephew of Pope Sixtus IV.A corbel rather than a capital, the object would have been set in to the wall at the point where the vault of the ceiling meets the wall providing an aesthetic termination rather than any significant architectural support.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Istrian stone |
| Brief description | Capital, Istrian stone, from the Rocca Roveresca di Mondolfo near Sinigallia in the Marches, central Italy, about 1483-1490 |
| Physical description | Pilaster capital of Istrian stone. Carved with a tapered bracket, from which rise two acanthus leaves with, between them, a vase. Volutes in the form of the tails of two dolphins, who face inwards. At the top a concave moulding with, in the centre, a sunflower. |
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| Gallery label | British Galleries:
By the 1880s the Museum had started to build up a systematic collection of Medieval and Renaissance sculpture and ornament such as this carved capital. Students and designers often made use of these collections. We know, for example, that the designer E.W. Godwin (1833-1888) sketched this capital in 1879.(27/03/2003) |
| Object history | Possibly designed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini (born in Siena, Italy, 1439, died there in 1501) and made in Urbino, Italy From Rocca Roveresca di Mondolfo near Singallia in the Marches (central Italy) |
| Summary | This console, with acanthus leaves and other Renaissance decoration, came from a fort on the Adriatic coast. The fort was commissioned by Giovanni della Rovere, Lord of Senigallia and nephew of Pope Sixtus IV.A corbel rather than a capital, the object would have been set in to the wall at the point where the vault of the ceiling meets the wall providing an aesthetic termination rather than any significant architectural support. |
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| Accession number | 368O-1878 |
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| Record created | November 6, 2003 |
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