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Two Bozzetti of Apostles St Philip & St Matthew

Guiseppe Mazzuoli, 1679

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

The statuettes relate to the series of 12 Apostles originally made for Siena Cathedral to be placed against main columns of the nave to replace a set of Trecento sculpts then considered crude and rough.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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Title of artwork, date

Two Bozzetti of Apostles St Philip & St Matthew, 1679

Date supported

1965

Medium and material

Terracotta (with traces of pigmentation in the terracotta drapery)

Dimensions

Height: 1) 38.5 cm; 2) 35.5 cm

Grant

1000

Total cost

1000

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