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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
La Zingarella
Alternate Title:
Gypsy Girl
Image View:
Detail, end of ancient blue-gray torso with gilding and white marble added, from back
Creator:
Cardinal Scipione Borghese (Italian patron, 1576-1633); Nicolas Cordier (French sculptor, 1567-1612)
Location:
repository: Galleria Borghese (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. CCLXIII
Location Note:
Piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5; Borghese Collection
GPS:
41.914 12.492
Date:
ca. 1607-1612 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
White and gray marble; gilded bronze
Technique:
carving (processes); casting (process); gilding (technique)
Measurements:
140 cm (height)
Subjects:
human figure; Restoration and conservation; pastiche; sculptural reuse
Description:
This statue is a hybrid of an ancient blue-gray marble torso, and Cordier's white and gray marble and gilded bronze, commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese. Its assembly from ancient and modern elements makes it an exotic, almost orientalizing work. Borghese emblems of eagles and dragons decorate the hem of her gown. Cordier created original sculpture in the Mannerist style, but was also active as a restorer of antique sculpture and worked on several pieces for the cardinal. Recent restoration, which removed a thick black patina added to tone down the statue to suit 19th century taste, revealed a gold clasp. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-CORDIER-BG-LZ-A0 5
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

La Zingarella