BUST OF A NOBLEMAN
Artist Florentine Sculptor 18th century
Sculptor of Naples (previous attribution) active circa 1700
Date early 18th century
Object type sculpture Medium, technique terracotta
Dimensions 82 × 69 × 48 cm, 72 kg Inventory number 87.2
Collection Sculptures
On view Museum of Fine Arts, Ground Floor, Baroque Hall
The famous art collector Emil Delmár acquired the terracotta bust in Naples in 1910. There was an attempt to trace the identity of its creator among the sculptors of the southern Italian city. It is not known whom the venerablebust depicts. However, the voluminous curls and the so-called allonge wig with its locks falling over the chest, the scarf tied around the neck, and the assertive, almosthaughty expression ascertain that the bust depicts a nobleman, perhaps a ruler or a general. The Florentine sculptor and architect Giovacchino Fortini (1670–1736) created similar, carefully crafted portraits of wig-wearing nobles.The Budapest piece is associated with Fortini’s works (for example, Ferdinando de Medici’s bust, ca. 1700, NationalMuseum Liverpool; General Hochkirchen’s tomb, 1703, Saint Peter and Mary Cathedral, Cologne).
References
Balogh, Jolán – Szmodisné Eszláry, Éva, Katalog der ausländischen Bildwerke des Museums der bildenden Künste in Budapest, 4.-18. Jahrhundert, Bd. 3. Neuerwerbungen, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1994, p. 36-37., no.
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