The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Bernini in Action: Gesture and Technique in Clay

In conjunction with the exhibition Bernini: Sculpting in Clay (on view October 3, 2012–January 6, 2013), Anthony Sigel, Guest Curator, and Conservator of Objects and Sculpture, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard Art Museums, outlines the research and discoveries he and his fellow curators made in preparation for the exhibition. By researching Bernini's methods, Sigel has determined which figures Bernini created himself and which ones were likely created by assistants. His lecture includes his own photographs of the models and detailed descriptions of Bernini's methods.

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Punch bowl

Date:: 1744
Culture:: Chinese
Medium:: Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions:: H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.); Diam. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm.)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1933
Accession Number:: 33.133

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: [1] The Haeslingfield/In Prosperity/Sept br e y 1th,/1743/jams Beech Fecit (on outside) [2] Robt; Stockdall/Canton;/Ianry e y 1st;/1743 4/Jams; Beech Fecit (on outside) [3] The Haeslingfield In Distress Septbr 12th 1743 (on inside) Both times it appears the name of Beech is written in an attempted script, clearly in imitation of the artist's signature. (CLC 23 June 71)
Provenance

Mrs. J. Insley Blair (until 1933; to MMA)
See also
What
Ceramics (29,320)

Clay (23,649)

Faience (11,698)

Porcelain (11,369)

Bowls (5,014)

Hard paste porcelain (2,917)

Punch bowls (39)
Where
Asia (68,071)

China (17,417)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,179)
In the Museum
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,257)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
China, 1600–1800 A.D.

Central and North Asia, 1600–1800 A.D.