Details
| Artist | attributed to Gaspero Bruschi, Italian, 1701-1780 |
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| Artist | after a model by Massimiliano Soldani, Italian, 1656-1740 |
| Manufacturer | Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian |
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| Date | between 1747 and 1750 |
| Medium | Hard-paste porcelain |
| Dimensions | Overall (sculpture): 11 × 8 × 4 1/2 inches (27.9 × 20.3 × 11.4 cm) Overall (base): 1 × 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 inches (2.5 × 12.1 × 9.5 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund |
| Accession Number | 1990.255 |
| Department | European Sculpture and Dec Arts |
| On View | European: Influence of Ancient Greeks and Romans, Level 2 (see map) |
Provenance
purchased by Leonardo Lapicciarella (Florence, Italy);
sold by (Armin B. Allen, London, England and New York, New York, USA);
1990-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
sold by (Armin B. Allen, London, England and New York, New York, USA);
1990-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Darr, A.P. The Figure Revisited: Early Doccia Porcelain Sculptures in Detroit and its Development in 18th-Century Italy, in The International Ceramics Fair and Seminar. London, June 1994.
Darr, A.P. Innovations during the twilight of Florence: eighteenth century sculpture in Doccia porcelain, in Francesco Robba and the Venitian Sculpture of the Eighteenth Century, Papers from and International Symposium, ed. J. Hofler. Ljubljana, October 16-18, 1998, 2000, pp. 99, 101 (fig. 8).
Darr, A.P., P. Barnet, A. Bostrom, C. Avery, et al. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Detroit Institute of Arts, 2 vols. London, 2002, vol. II, cat. 162.
Darr, Alan Phipps. "The Doccia Porcelain Sculpture Collection in the Detroit Institute of Arts." Amici di Doccia, Quaderni, no. 8 (2014-2015): 32–84, pp. 54–55 (ill.).
Darr, A.P. Innovations during the twilight of Florence: eighteenth century sculpture in Doccia porcelain, in Francesco Robba and the Venitian Sculpture of the Eighteenth Century, Papers from and International Symposium, ed. J. Hofler. Ljubljana, October 16-18, 1998, 2000, pp. 99, 101 (fig. 8).
Darr, A.P., P. Barnet, A. Bostrom, C. Avery, et al. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Detroit Institute of Arts, 2 vols. London, 2002, vol. II, cat. 162.
Darr, Alan Phipps. "The Doccia Porcelain Sculpture Collection in the Detroit Institute of Arts." Amici di Doccia, Quaderni, no. 8 (2014-2015): 32–84, pp. 54–55 (ill.).
