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Art Object

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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Statuette

Date:: early 17th century
Culture:: French (Avon)
Medium:: Lead-glazed earthenware
Dimensions:: H. 15 in. (38.1 cm.)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Samuel D. Lee Fund, 1941
Accession Number:: 41.49.8

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

Baron Gustave de Rothschild ; Baron Lambert ; Baroness Rothschild-Lambert (until 1941; Rothschild-Lambert sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, March 7, 1941, no. 69; to MMA)
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