Pomona
Statuette
ca. 1747 (made)
ca. 1747 (made)
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This terracotta statuette is another version, more highly finished, of one signed and dated 1747 in the Museo Civico, Treviso. These sketch-models, together with a drawing dated 1747 (private collection, Treviso), are connected with a (now lost) marble executed for the renowned collector and British Consul in Venice, Joseph Smith (c.1682-1770). Marchiori's sculpture is of major importance in bridging the gap between late Baroque and early Neo-classicism in Northern Italy.
Object details
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| Title | Pomona |
| Materials and techniques | Terracotta |
| Brief description | Statuette, terracotta, of Pomona, by Giovanni Marchiori, Italian, ca. 1747 |
| Physical description | Statuette, terracotta. Pomona stands, with her weight on her left leg, in a loosely draped dress with apples in its folds, holding more apples in her outstretcher hands. She wears ringleted hair, raised up in a headdress. |
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| Object history | A drawing of the figure of Pomona (now in a private collection in Treviso), signed and dated 1747, is inscribed 'Statua di Marmo di Carrara, che servi per il Console d'Inghiltera Illmos Sig. Giuseppe Smith, e fù spedita in Londra'. Another version of the sketch-model in terracotta is in the Museo Civico, Treviso. |
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| Summary | This terracotta statuette is another version, more highly finished, of one signed and dated 1747 in the Museo Civico, Treviso. These sketch-models, together with a drawing dated 1747 (private collection, Treviso), are connected with a (now lost) marble executed for the renowned collector and British Consul in Venice, Joseph Smith (c.1682-1770). Marchiori's sculpture is of major importance in bridging the gap between late Baroque and early Neo-classicism in Northern Italy. |
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| Accession number | A.1-1971 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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