Flagellator

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Florence (made)

Formerly thought to be a sketch by Romolo Ferrucci for one of the three caricatura statues in the Boboli Gardens, the model clearly represents a flagellator rather than a dancer. The costume suggests a dating in the early 17th century.

Object details

Categories	Sculpture Christianity
Object type	Wax model
Title	Flagellator (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Red wax Wax
Brief description	Red wax model of a flagellator, Italy (Florence), about 1600-25
Physical description	Red wax model of a flagellator, probably a study for a figure in a group of the Flagellation of Christ
Dimensions	Height: 4.75in
Object history	Formerly in the Gherardini Collection of artists’ terracotta and wax models Acquired in 1854 Historical significance: Formerly thought to be a sketch by Romolo Ferrucci for one of the three caricatura statues in the Boboli Gardens, the model clearly represents a flagellator rather than a dancer. The costume suggests a dating in the early 17th century
Production	Formerly ascribed to Romolo Ferrucci
Summary	Formerly thought to be a sketch by Romolo Ferrucci for one of the three caricatura statues in the Boboli Gardens, the model clearly represents a flagellator rather than a dancer. The costume suggests a dating in the early 17th century.
Bibliographic references	Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1854. In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 19 Maclagan, Eric and Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture. Text. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1932, p. 157 Pope-Hennessy, John. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Volume II: Text. Sixteenth to Twentieth Century. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1964, p. 577
Collection	Sculpture Collection
Accession number	4132-1854

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Record created	August 24, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O102728/flagellator-wax-model-unknown/

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