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Pomona

Statuette
ca. 1747 (made)
Artist/Maker
Marchiori, Giovanni (sculptor)
Place of origin
Venice (made)

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

Categories
Sculpture
Figures
Object type
Statuette
TitlePomona
Materials and techniques
Terracotta
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 38.4cm
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.
Subject depicted
Pomona
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.
Bibliographic references
  • Semenzato, C. La Scultura Veneta del Seicento e del Settecento, Venice, 1966, p. 61 and figs. 194, 195.
  • Vivian, Frances. Il Console Smith, mercante e collezionista, Vicenza, 1971, pp. 40-41.
  • Paintings and Sculpture of the Baroque, London : Heim Gallery, 1970 82
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.1-1971

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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