Charity
Statuette
1635-1650 (made)
1635-1650 (made)
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Algardi was one of the most accomplished sculptors of the Baroque period. He was an Italian sculptor, architect and draughtsman. Alongside Bernini he was the most important sculptor in Rome active around the middle of the 17th century. He produced the classizing antithesis to Bernini's High Baroque sculpture. They were seen and experienced at the time as rivals and equals.
This elaborately draped figure of Charity is unfinished, which is unusual for a bronze. It may have been made for the scaffold that Bernini erected in the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli for the funeral of a Roman nobleman.
This elaborately draped figure of Charity is unfinished, which is unusual for a bronze. It may have been made for the scaffold that Bernini erected in the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli for the funeral of a Roman nobleman.
Object details
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| Title | Charity (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Bronze |
| Brief description | Statuette, bronze, of Charity, after Alessandro Algardi, Italian (Rome), ca. 1635-50 |
| Physical description | Bronze statuette of a female figure dressed in flowing drapery with three nude babies. One held with her right arm, the second, reaching up from her left side and the third, asleep at her feet. |
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| Object history | Bought from Mr. Julius Goldschmidt for £825, in 1961. |
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| Summary | Algardi was one of the most accomplished sculptors of the Baroque period. He was an Italian sculptor, architect and draughtsman. Alongside Bernini he was the most important sculptor in Rome active around the middle of the 17th century. He produced the classizing antithesis to Bernini's High Baroque sculpture. They were seen and experienced at the time as rivals and equals. This elaborately draped figure of Charity is unfinished, which is unusual for a bronze. It may have been made for the scaffold that Bernini erected in the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli for the funeral of a Roman nobleman. |
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| Accession number | A.4-1961 |
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| Record created | January 15, 2004 |
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