The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Virgin Adoring the Christ Child

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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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Virgin Adoring the Christ Child

Workshop of Andrea della Robbia (Italian, 1435–1525)

Date:: after 1479
Culture:: Italian (Florence)
Medium:: Glazed terracotta.
Dimensions:: With frame, 38-1/4 x 28-3/4 x 5 in. (97.2 x 73.0 x 12.7 cm) Without frame, 29-1/2 x 20-1/16 x 5 in. (75.9 x 51.0 x 12.7cm.)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Bequest of Adele L. Lehman, in memory of Arthur Lehman, 1965
Accession Number:: 65.181.23

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