Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Head of the Dying Alexander
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Head of the Dying Alexander
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Image View:
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Pedestal marked "Alessandro"
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Creator:
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Matteo Ferrucci (Italian sculptor, 1570-1651)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Via del Proconsolo, 4
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GPS:
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+43.770423+11.257947
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Date:
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ca. 1600-1650 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Seventeenth century
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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sculpture
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Material:
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porphyry and alabaster
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Description:
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This is a Florentine 17th century version of the Hellenistic head in the Uffizi which is popularly called the Dying Alexander and exhibited with a pedestal engraved "Alessandro" as this one is. In this version the head is rolled back to the right instead of left, the hair is much less freely carved and an emphasis is put on the richly colored materials (porphyry and alabaster). Matteo Ferrucci del Tadda was the grandson of Francesco del Tadda (Francesco di Giovanni Ferrucci), and particularly known for working in porphyry, which is exceptionally hard, difficult to work and required special tools. In contrast, alabaster is one of the softest materials. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-FEM-MB-DA-A04
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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