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Saint Anne Teaching the Virgin to Read

Statuette
ca. 1650 - ca. 1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Rome (made)

This is sketch-model, which is apparently Roman and seems to date from the end of the 17th or the beginning of the 18th century. It is probably a model for a larger marble group.
The group, which is modelled in one with its architectural plinth, shows St. Anne seated, pointing with her right hand to the pages of an open volume which she supports with her left hand on her left knee. She gazes down towards the Virgin, who stands with hands clasped to her right. Hollowed out at the back.


Object details

Categories
Christianity
Sculpture
Object type
Statuette
TitleSaint Anne Teaching the Virgin to Read (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Sketch-model in terracotta
Terracotta
Brief description
Statuette group, terracotta, St. Anne Teaching the Virgin to Read, Italian (Rome), ca. 1650-1700
Physical description
The group, which is modelled in one with its architectural plinth, shows St. Anne seated, pointing with her right hand to the pages of an open volume which she supports with her left hand on her left knee. She gazes down towards the Virgin, who stands with hands clasped to her right. Hollowed out at the back.
Dimensions
  • Height: 41cm
Object history
Purchased in London (Alfred Spero, £45).
The sketch-model, which is apparently Roman and seems to date from the end of the 17th or the beginning of the 18th century, finds its closest point of reference in the work of Le Gros.
Subjects depicted
Book
St. Anne
Virgin Mary
Summary
This is sketch-model, which is apparently Roman and seems to date from the end of the 17th or the beginning of the 18th century. It is probably a model for a larger marble group.
The group, which is modelled in one with its architectural plinth, shows St. Anne seated, pointing with her right hand to the pages of an open volume which she supports with her left hand on her left knee. She gazes down towards the Virgin, who stands with hands clasped to her right. Hollowed out at the back.
Bibliographic references
  • 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, pp. 628, 9, no. 666
  • Raggio, Olga. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Art Bulletin. Vol. L, 1968, p. 105
  • Negri Arnoldi, Franceso, 'Scultura Italiana al Victoria and Albert Museum I&II. In: Commentari, anno XXI, June-July 1970. Fascicoli, p. 206
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.63-1951

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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