Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Charles of Anjou
Alternate Title:
Charles I, King of Naples and Sicily, Enthroned
Image View:
Overall view from the front
Creator:
Arnolfo di Cambio (Italian sculptor, active ca. 1265-1302)
Location:
repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. MC0830
Location Note:
Piazza del Campidoglio, 1; Palazzo dei Conservatori, Hall of the Middle Ages
GPS:
41.893056 12.4825
Date:
ca. 1277-1281 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Gothic (Medieval)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
200 cm (height)
Description:
Charles I (21 March 1227-7 January 1285), known also as Charles of Anjou, was the King of Sicily by conquest from 1266 with his capital at Naples (and for this he is usually titled King of Naples after 1282, as are his successors). Arnolfo di Cambio moved from Florence to Rome in 1277, in the service of Charles I, and was also commissioned to build a fountain for him in Perugia. The statue comes from Rome, Palazzo Senatorio; it may possibly have been made in connection with Charles’s renewed appointment as Roman senator in 1281. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-M-CM-CA-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Charles of Anjou