| Alkotó | |
|---|---|
| Kultúra | Spanish |
| Készítés ideje | early 17th century |
| Tárgytípus | sculpture |
| Anyag, technika | painted and gilded wood |
| Méret | 41 × 36 × 18 cm, 4 kg |
| Leltári szám | 65.2 |
| Gyűjtemény | Sculptures |
| Kiállítva | Museum of Fine Arts, First Floor, European Art 1600–1700 and British Painting 1600–1800, Cabinet 6 |
The bust of one of Saint Ursula’s companions once held a bone relic in the medallion on her chest. This type of reliquary flourished in fourteenth-century Cologne, where legend has it that Saint Ursula and her companions were massacred. The bust is characterised by the impressive sensuality and rich detail of Spanish early Baroque liturgical woodcarving. Her dress is decorated with an estofado, a precious pattern imitating ornate drapery, made using the sgraffito technique. This technique, which creates patterns by scraping back a layer of paint over the gilded layer, was particularly widespread in Spain at the time. The Sevillian Juan Martínez Montañés, with whose circle this bust is associated, was also fond of the technique.
Inscribed on the plinth: D LAS XI MIL VIR
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. 210., no. 298., 351.
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