Flavius Ansprandus, Lombard King of Italy
Sculptures
Artist | |
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Culture | Italian |
Date | 1470s |
Object type | sculpture |
Medium, technique | painted terracotta |
Dimensions | 146 × 50 × 32 cm, 107.5 kg |
Inventory number | 1280 |
Collection | Sculptures |
On view | Museum of Fine Arts, Second Floor, European Sculpture 1350-1800, Gallery 1 |
The sculptor and architect Agostino di Duccio was born in Florence, but worked mostly elsewhere: in Venice, Perugia, and Rimini. In the latter town, he made the interior sculptural decoration of the famous Tempio Malatestiano, a church designed and built by the architect and theorist Leon Battista Alberti (1404–72). Duccio’s typical lineal style was inspired by the classical neo-attic style of Hellenistic art. The large terracotta sculpture in Budapest was a part of an Annunciation group, whose figure of the Virgin has been lost. The decoration of the sculpture must have been lavish: Archangel Gabriel’s clothing and mantle were painted and his hair and wings were gilded.
Balogh, Jolán, Katalog der ausländischen Bildwerke des Museums der bildenden Künste in Budapest, IV – XVIII. Jahrhundert: 1. Textband Bd. 1, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1975, p. 64-65., no. 57.
Pope-Henessy, John, “Italian sculpture – Budapest and Paris”, Apollo 102.161-166 (1975), p. 474-475.
Szmodisné Eszláry, Éva, A Régi Szoborgyűjtemény kincsei, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1994, p. 9, 17-18, ill. 1.
Szmodisné Eszláry, Éva, The treasures of the Old Sculpture collection, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1994, p. 9, 17-18.
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Szépművészeti Múzeum: Remekművek az ókortól a 18. század végéig, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2019, p. 96-97.
Museum of Fine Arts: Highlights from the Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 2019, p. 96-67.
Museum of Fine Arts: highlights from the collection, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2019, p. 96-97.
Múzeumi kalauz: Vezető a Szépművészeti Múzeum régi gyűjteményeihez, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2021, p. 82.
Museum Guide: Old collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 2021, p. 82.
This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.