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Morgante
Designer:
Giambologna (Jean Boulogne)
(After)
Founder:
Unknown
(Uncertain)
Bronze statuette of Braccio di Bartolo, known as Il Nano Morgante (c. 1535 - after 1594), court dwarf and a favourite of Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici in Florence. Il Morgante was the most famous of the five jesters in Cosimo's court.
History note: Leitch & Kerin by 15 Sept. 1937, when purchased (invoice: £35) by Lt Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC; bequeathed to his sister, the Hon. Mrs Pamela Sherek
Bequeathed by the Hon. Mrs Pamela Sherek, from the collection of the late Lt Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC, in his memory
Height: 13.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1995) by Sherek, Pamela
16th Century, Mid-17th Century, Early
Circa
1560
CE
-
1630
CE
After an original model by Giambologna. There are 2 main variants of this model: one in which Morgante is depicted as the personification of Bacchus, holding a wine cup in his outstretched right hand and a bunch of grapes in his left; the other in which Morgante holds a cornetto in his right hand, while leaning on a stick held in his left (for a complete version of this, see Victoria and Albert Museum, London, no. 65-1865). The present bronze is a derivation of the first variant, with the figure holding a wine cup in his right hand.
Casting (process)
: Bronze, cast and patinated
Patination
Accession number: M.11-1997
Primary reference Number: 14013
Old object number: B.11.
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_11_1997
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Morgante" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/14013 Accessed: 2024-11-21 20:00:02
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