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The Holy Trinity Giuseppe Torretti North Italian Sculptor (previous attribution)

Artist

Giuseppe Torretti Pagnano [Asolo], 1664 – Venice, 1743

North Italian Sculptor (previous attribution) 18th century

Culture Italian
Date after 1732
Object type relief
Medium, technique terracotta
Dimensions

57 × 34 cm, 19 kg

Inventory number 60.4
Collection Sculptures
On view This artwork is not on display

Giuseppe Torretti, a sculptor and wood carver working mainly in and around Venice, was a representative of the so-called classicising baroque style, his stylistic approach was also strengthened by the experiences of his trip to Rome in 1710. In the 1730s, Torretti worked in Udine Cathedral, on a series of reliefs for the Cappella Manin, and during this period he may also have completed the marble altarpiece for the chapel of Villa Pecile in the village of San Giorgio della Richinvelda, near Udine. The chapel, which was intended for public use, was commissioned in 1732 by the then-owner of the villa, Giovanni Leoni, a Venetian citizen. The terracotta relief in Budapest is a bozzetto, a sketch, of the large marble altarpiece, on which the artist presented the harmonious composition of the Holy Trinity from a fresh perspective.

References

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. 190., no. 262.

Szmodisné Eszláry, Éva, A Régi Szoborgyűjtemény kincsei, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1994, p. 63.

Szmodisné Eszláry, Éva, The treasures of the Old Sculpture collection, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1994, p. 63.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.

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