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Materials:

marble

Size Notes:

and 73.6 cm.; (90.8 and 97.8 cm.) high, overall

Description:

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Markings:

the former inscribed 'FEDERICVS CALDER. IVRIS VTR. DOCTOR FLORVIT/ANNO M.CCC./.XXXVII.' the latter inscribed 'BETTINA DE CALDER. IO.ANDR.F. PATAVII IVR.INTERPR. FLORVIT/ANNO M.CCC. XXVI.'

Condition:

each with an iron support to the reverse; staining and minor chips

Literature:

E. Calbi and D. Scaglietti Kelescian, Marcello Oretti e il patrimonio artistico privato Bolognese, Bologna, 1984, p. 216. A. Bacchi, A. 'Da Gian Cristoforo Romano ad Alessandro Menganti: note sulla scultura del cinquecento a Bologna' in Nuovi Studi I, Rivista di Arte Antica e Moderna 1996, pp. 65-91. A. Bacchi, S. Tumidei, Il Michelangelo incognito: Alessandro Menganti e le arti a Bologna nell'et della Controriforma, 2002, p. 153. COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:. J. Pope-Hennessy, Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 1964, cat.no. 535. fig. 526.

Provenance:

Mentioned by Marcello Oretti in the 18th century as being in the Calderini Palace, Bologna. Acquired by the present owner in 1990 from Bruno Scardeoni, Antiquario, Lugano.