© Ashmolean Museum
Two Bozzetti of Apostles St Philip & St Matthew
Artist: Guiseppe Mazzuoli (1644 - 1725)
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: 1679
Materials: terracotta (with traces of pigmentation in the terracotta drapery)
Dimensions: height: 1) 38.5cm; 2) 35.5cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,000 (Total: £1,000)
Vendor: Colnaghi
Review number: 2182 (1965)
Description:
The statuettes relate to the series of 12 Apostles originally made for Siena Cathedral to be placed against main columns of the nave to replace a set of Trecento sculpts then considered crude and rough.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.
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