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Morgante: M.11-1997

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 7 (Courtauld)

Titles

Morgante

Maker(s)

Designer: Giambologna (Jean Boulogne) (After)
Founder: Unknown (Uncertain)

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Categories

Description

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.

Notes

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

Legal notes

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

Measurements and weight

Height: 13.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Florence ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1995) by Sherek, Pamela

Dating

16th Century, Mid-17th Century, Early
Circa 1560 CE - 1630 CE

Note

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.

School or Style

Mannerist

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Sculpture UK

Materials used in production

Bronze

Techniques used in production

Casting (process) : Bronze, cast and patinated
Patination

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: M.11-1997
Primary reference Number: 14013
Old object number: B.11.
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_11_1997
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 July 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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