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Virgin and Child

1736
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 533
The inscription indicates that this bozzetto was made at Stift Heiligenkreuz where Giuliani resided from 1711 until his death. Although the Abbey retained the right of ownership of his entire output during that period, and its museum still houses the vast majority of terracottas he modeled over those years, a small number, of which the present sketch is an example, were apparently given away and have found their way to other collections.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Virgin and Child
  • Artist: Giovanni Giuliani (Italian, active Heiligenkreuz, Austria, Venice 1663–1744 Heiligenkreuz)
  • Date: 1736
  • Culture: Austrian, Stift Heiligenkreuz
  • Medium: Terracotta with traces of metallic patina
  • Dimensions: Height: 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, 1987
  • Object Number: 1987.94
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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