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Terracotta in Seicento Rome: Bozzetti, Modelli, Models, and Copies

In conjunction with the exhibition Bernini: Sculpting in Clay (on view October 3, 2012–January 6, 2013), Jennifer Montagu, Honorary Fellow, The Warburg Institute, London University, outlines the history of bozzetti, modelli, and copies by various sculptors, including Bernini. Preliminary models were used by sculptors to sketch their designs, but sometimes, artists used the work of assistants or even other artists in order to create their full-scale sculptures.

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Lamentation Beneath the Cross

Adam Lenckhart (1610–1661)

Date:: 1632
Culture:: Austrian (carved in Italy)
Medium:: Ivory
Dimensions:: 10-7/8 x 5-3/4 in. (27.6 x 14.6 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Bequest of Mary Clark Thompson, 1923
Accession Number:: 24.80.87

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Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Signature: ADAM.LENCK: BILTHV: INVEN ANNO 1632

Inscription: Sacrum hoc Anaglyphum Opus/ Marchionissae Mariae Annae Triumphae Anconitanae,/dùm severiorem Carmelitarum Institutum in Monasterio/Sanctae Theresiae in Quirinali profiteretur ,/Aloysius Valentius Gonzaga Mantuanu(s) Cam. Apti(u) Cle(ri)ay/dono dedit in gratitudinis tesseram ergà/Marchionem Franciscum Triumphum eius Patrem. Idibus Junijs Anni 1763. (Latin writing on back of plaque. Translation: To the Marchesa Maria Anna Trionfi on the occasion of her profession of the austere rule of the Carmelites in the Convent of Santa Theresa in Quirinale, Aloysius Valentius Gonzaga of Mantua commendatory has given this sacred carving as a token of his gratitude to the Marchese Francesco Trionfi, her father. June the 13th, 1763.)
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Adam Lenckhart (3)
What
Sculpture (24,340)

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Ivory (5,389)

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Europe (150,419)

Austria (2,147)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (67,116)
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European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,228)
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Ivory and Boxwood Carvings, 1450–1800

Central Europe (including Germany), 1600–1800 A.D.
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