Details
| Artist | circle of Torrigiano, Pietro, Italian, active 1545 |
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| Date | 1545 |
| Medium | Terracotta with polychrome decoration |
| Dimensions | Overall: 15 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (39.4 × 41.9 × 26.7 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, Honorarium and Memorial Gifts Fund |
| Accession Number | 1986.1 |
| Department | European Sculpture and Dec Arts |
| On View | European: Medieval and Renaissance W232, Level 2 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Inscriptions | Inscribed, across the back: VIXIT ANOS 75 | OBITT A.N.SA 1545 | DIE Pa. AVG. [He lived for seventy-five years and died 1st August 1545] |
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Provenance
until 1964, Prince Nicholas of Romania;
private collection;
by 1986, sold by (Sotheby's, London, England);
1986-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
private collection;
by 1986, sold by (Sotheby's, London, England);
1986-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Collection of Prince Nicholase of Romania. Exh. cat., Galerie Jurg Stuker. Bern, 1964, no. 3450. [as Agostino Zoppo, Padua]
Colvin, H.M. History of the King's Works. London, 1975, p. 320.
Darr, A.P. "The Sculptures of Torrigiano: The Westminster Abbey Tombs." Connoisseur 200, no. 805 (March 1979): pp. 177-184.
Darr, A.P. "Torrigiano's Head of Christ." Apollo 116, no. 249 (November 1982): pp. 292-298.
Sales cat., Sotheby's. London, December 12, 1985, no. 101.
Darr, A.P. "European Sculpture and Decorative Arts." Bulletin of the DIA 62, no. 3 (1986): pp. 22-24.
Darr, A.P. "A Valentiner Legacy: Italian Sculpture in Detroit." Apollo 124, no. 298 (1986): pp. 284-285.
Darr, A.P. "European sculpture and decorative arts acquired by the Detroit Institute of Arts 1978-87." The Burlington Magazine 130 (June 1988): pp. 495-496 (fig. 101).
Masterpieces from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., Bunkamura Museum of Art. Tokyo, 1989, cat. no. 8 (ill.).
Gentillini, G. "'Il Beato Sorore' di Santa Maria Scala." Antologia di Belle Arti 52-55 (1996): p. 30, no. 75.
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, I, cat. 100.
Colvin, H.M. History of the King's Works. London, 1975, p. 320.
Darr, A.P. "The Sculptures of Torrigiano: The Westminster Abbey Tombs." Connoisseur 200, no. 805 (March 1979): pp. 177-184.
Darr, A.P. "Torrigiano's Head of Christ." Apollo 116, no. 249 (November 1982): pp. 292-298.
Sales cat., Sotheby's. London, December 12, 1985, no. 101.
Darr, A.P. "European Sculpture and Decorative Arts." Bulletin of the DIA 62, no. 3 (1986): pp. 22-24.
Darr, A.P. "A Valentiner Legacy: Italian Sculpture in Detroit." Apollo 124, no. 298 (1986): pp. 284-285.
Darr, A.P. "European sculpture and decorative arts acquired by the Detroit Institute of Arts 1978-87." The Burlington Magazine 130 (June 1988): pp. 495-496 (fig. 101).
Masterpieces from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., Bunkamura Museum of Art. Tokyo, 1989, cat. no. 8 (ill.).
Gentillini, G. "'Il Beato Sorore' di Santa Maria Scala." Antologia di Belle Arti 52-55 (1996): p. 30, no. 75.
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, I, cat. 100.