| Alkotó | |
|---|---|
| Kultúra | Italian |
| Készítés ideje | early 18th century |
| Tárgytípus | sculpture |
| Anyag, technika | terracotta |
| Méret | 82 × 69 × 48 cm, 72 kg |
| Leltári szám | 87.2 |
| Gyűjtemény | Sculptures |
| Kiállítva | Museum of Fine Arts, Ground Floor, Baroque Hall |
The famous art collector Emil Delmár acquired the terracotta bust in Naples in 1910. There was an attempt to trace the identity of its creator among the sculptors of the southern Italian city. It is not known whom the venerablebust depicts. However, the voluminous curls and the so-called allonge wig with its locks falling over the chest, the scarf tied around the neck, and the assertive, almosthaughty expression ascertain that the bust depicts a nobleman, perhaps a ruler or a general. The Florentine sculptor and architect Giovacchino Fortini (1670–1736) created similar, carefully crafted portraits of wig-wearing nobles.The Budapest piece is associated with Fortini’s works (for example, Ferdinando de Medici’s bust, ca. 1700, NationalMuseum Liverpool; General Hochkirchen’s tomb, 1703, Saint Peter and Mary Cathedral, Cologne).
Balogh, Jolán – Szmodisné Eszláry, Éva, Katalog der ausländischen Bildwerke des Museums der bildenden Künste in Budapest, 4.-18. Jahrhundert, Bd. 3. Neuerwerbungen, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1994, p. 36-37., no. 12., 18.
Szmodisné Eszláry, Éva, A Régi Szoborgyűjtemény kincsei, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1994, p. 63.
Szmodisné Eszláry, Éva, The treasures of the Old Sculpture collection, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1994, p. 63.
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