Two Bozzetti of Apostles St Philip & St Matthew

Guiseppe Mazzuoli (1644 - 1725)

Ashmolean Museum

1679

The statuettes relate to the series of 12 Apostles originally made for Siena Cathedral to be placed against main columns of the nave to replace a set of Trecento sculpts then considered crude and rough. Commission given by Cardinal Flavio Chigi - Mazzuoli, his protege. Statues in place by 1695, by 1879 they were felt to be out of place so removed and presented to the Brompton Oratory in 1895.

• Medium: terracotta (with traces of pigmentation in the terracotta drapery)
• Dimensions: height: 1) 38.5cm; 2) 35.5cm
• Art Fund Grant: £1000 ( Total: £1,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1965
• Vendor: Colnaghi

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