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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Medieval & Renaissance, Room 50a, The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery

Architecture

ca. 1483-1490 (made)
Artist/Maker
Martini, Francesco Di Giorgio (maker)
Place of origin
Italy (made)

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

Category
Architectural Fittings
Object type
Architecture
Materials and techniques
Istrian stone
Istrian Stone
Carving
Brief description
Stone Italian (urbino) c1490
Physical description
Pilaster captial of Istrian stone. Carved with a tapered bracket, from which rise acanthus foliage and two volutes. In the centre military trophies tied with ribands. At the top a concave moulding with, in the centre, a deocrative device.
Dimensions
  • Approx height: 45.5cm
  • Approx width: 35.7cm
  • Depth: 23.1cm
  • Weight: 43.08kg
Measured for the Medieval and Renaissance Galleries
Object history
Purchased in London by J C Robinson with 20 others
Production
From the Rocca Roveresca di Mondolfo near Sinigallia in the Marches, central Italy
Association
Robinson
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..
Bibliographic references
  • List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired in the Year 1878. London, 1879, p. 35
  • Pope-Hennessy, John. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1964, pp. 304
  • Raggio, Olga. 'Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum' Art Bulletin vol.L, 1968.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
368I-1878

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Record createdAugust 2, 2005
Record URL
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