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On display at V&A South Kensington
Medieval & Renaissance, Room 64, The Wolfson Gallery

Putto with a Shield

Statue
ca. 1500 (made)
Artist/Maker
Lombardo, Pietro (style of)
Place of origin
Venice (made)

The putti are of the type that often flank Venetian wall tombs and presumably came from such a monument. They hold shields with the arms of the Badoer (a.59-1951) and Giustiniani families, which in 1498 were united by the marriage of Agnesina Badoer to Giovanni Giustiniani. Agnesina left provision in her will to complete a chapel in San Francesco della Vigna, Venice, and the putti are by the same hand as the sculpture in the chapel.


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Sculpture
SCRAN
Object type
Statue
TitlePutto with a Shield (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Marble
Marble
Brief description
Statuette, marble, putto with a shield with the arms of Giustiniani, in the style of Pietro Lombardo, Italy (Venice), about 1500
Physical description
Putto holding a shield with a coat of arms. He has his left knee flexed, and holds a shield with his right hand. He is naked save for a veil, which crosses his right shoulder and upper arm and is held in place in the centre of the body by his left hand, and covers one corner of the shield. The shield is carved with the arms of Giustiniani.
Dimensions
  • Height: 62.8cm
  • Width: 23.2cm
  • Depth: 17.5cm
  • Weight: 30kg
Measured for the Medieval and Renaissance Galleries
Gallery label
TWO PUTTI WITH SHIELDS About 1500 The putti, holding shields with the arms of Badoer (right) and Giustiniani (left), are of the type that often flank Venetian wall tombs and presumably come from such a monument. The two families were united by the marriage of Agnesina Badoer to Girolamo Giustinian in 1498. Agnesina left provision in her will to complete a chapel in San Francesco della Vigna, Venice, and these putti are by the same hand as the sculpture in the chapel. Italy, Venice Marble Museum nos. A.58, 59-1951 Given by Dr W.L. Hildburgh FSA(2008)
Credit line
Given by Dr W. L. Hildburgh FSA
Object history
Given by Dr. W. L. Hildburgh, F. S. A., 1951.
Subjects depicted
Putto
Escutcheon (Coat of Arms)
Eagle (Double Headed)
Crown
Shield
Summary
The putti are of the type that often flank Venetian wall tombs and presumably came from such a monument. They hold shields with the arms of the Badoer (a.59-1951) and Giustiniani families, which in 1498 were united by the marriage of Agnesina Badoer to Giovanni Giustiniani. Agnesina left provision in her will to complete a chapel in San Francesco della Vigna, Venice, and the putti are by the same hand as the sculpture in the chapel.
Associated object
A.59-1951 (Set)
Bibliographic references
  • Pope-Hennessy, John. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Volume I: Text. Eighth to Fifteenth Century. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1964, p. 351
  • Mariacher, Giovanni. Storia dell' Arte in Italia, La Scultura del Cinquecento, Turin, 1987, p. 45
  • Schulz, Anne Markham, in collaboration with Morresi, Manuela and Rossi, Toto Bergamo. La Cappella Badoer-Giustinian in San Francesco della Vigna, Venice, Florence, 2003, pp. 35-36, 85 n. 102, figs VII-XII
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.58-1951

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Record createdMarch 8, 2004
Record URL
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