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ATTRIBUÉ À ERCOLE FERRATA (CÔME, 1610 - ROME, 1686)
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ATTRIBUÉ À ERCOLE FERRATA (CÔME, 1610 - ROME, 1686)
Seated statue of Pope Clement X Altiéri (Rome, 1590 - Rome, 1676)
Terra cotta group
Height: 45.5 cm| base width: 29.5 cm| depth: 29.5 cm.
(Inscription on the back of the backrest, largely illegible, crossed out by removal of material)
Presence of two partially fragmented red wax stamps monogrammed AC (Accidents, chips and visible lacks, firing crack)
Dating: around 1682-1683
HISTORICAL 1682. Probable model of the seated statue of Pope Clement X that Ferrata made for his tomb in Saint Peter's in Rome under the direction of Mattia de Rossi.
PROVENANCE Lyon, collection of Doctor Conche
Private collection.
Expert:
Albéric Froissart 06 80 26 86 38 albe.froissart@gmail.com
In 1682, six years after the death of Pope Clement X, the construction of his tomb, located in the left transept of the Basilica of Saint Peter, began in Rome under the direction of the architect Mattia de Rossi (1637-1693). Above a sarcophagus decorated with a large bas-relief representing the opening of the Holy Door in the year 1675 and surrounded by the figures of Clemency and Benignity, the seated statue of Pope Clement X, of which we see here most certainly a "modello" of presentation, dominates the composition.
At this time, both Algarde (1598-1654) and Bernini (1598-1680) had just disappeared from the Roman artistic scene, but Ercole Ferrata, one of their main disciples, was entrusted with the creation of the seated statue of the deceased pontiff.
Ferrata had been living in Rome since 1647, and was initially influenced by the classicism of Algarde and François Duquesnoy, before adopting a more expressive style very close to Bernini. Placed at the head of the Villa Madame academy in 1673 with Ciro Ferri by the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo III, and having his own workshop since 1659, he trained Melchiorre Cafà and above all Jean-Baptiste Foggini, two of the most important sculptors of the second half of the 20th century.
MOA2021
Seated statue of Pope Clement X Altiéri (Rome, 1590 - Rome, 1676)
Terra cotta group
Height: 45.5 cm| base width: 29.5 cm| depth: 29.5 cm.
(Inscription on the back of the backrest, largely illegible, crossed out by removal of material)
Presence of two partially fragmented red wax stamps monogrammed AC (Accidents, chips and visible lacks, firing crack)
Dating: around 1682-1683
HISTORICAL 1682. Probable model of the seated statue of Pope Clement X that Ferrata made for his tomb in Saint Peter's in Rome under the direction of Mattia de Rossi.
PROVENANCE Lyon, collection of Doctor Conche
Private collection.
Expert:
Albéric Froissart 06 80 26 86 38 albe.froissart@gmail.com
In 1682, six years after the death of Pope Clement X, the construction of his tomb, located in the left transept of the Basilica of Saint Peter, began in Rome under the direction of the architect Mattia de Rossi (1637-1693). Above a sarcophagus decorated with a large bas-relief representing the opening of the Holy Door in the year 1675 and surrounded by the figures of Clemency and Benignity, the seated statue of Pope Clement X, of which we see here most certainly a "modello" of presentation, dominates the composition.
At this time, both Algarde (1598-1654) and Bernini (1598-1680) had just disappeared from the Roman artistic scene, but Ercole Ferrata, one of their main disciples, was entrusted with the creation of the seated statue of the deceased pontiff.
Ferrata had been living in Rome since 1647, and was initially influenced by the classicism of Algarde and François Duquesnoy, before adopting a more expressive style very close to Bernini. Placed at the head of the Villa Madame academy in 1673 with Ciro Ferri by the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo III, and having his own workshop since 1659, he trained Melchiorre Cafà and above all Jean-Baptiste Foggini, two of the most important sculptors of the second half of the 20th century.
MOA2021