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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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Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)

Decorator:: Nicolas-Antoine Le Bel (active 1804–45)
Artist:: After a print by Claude Nicolas Malapeau (French, Paris 1755–1803 Paris)
Artist:: After an original by Louis François Cassas (French, Azay-le-Ferron 1756–1827 Versailles)
Date:: 1814
Culture:: French (Sèvres)
Medium:: Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions:: Diam. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm.)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Purchase, Rogers Fund; Bequests of Annie C. Kane and Emma A. Sheafer, by exchange; and Gifts in memory of John Goldsmith Phillips, 1994
Accession Number:: 1994.114

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 554

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