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Rediscovered photographs of two terracotta modelli by Verrocchio
11/2012 | 1316 | 154
Pages: 762-767
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Author:
Neilson, Christina (Neilson, Christina)
Subjects
artists:
Verrocchio, Andrea del
buildings:
Baptistery, Florence, Italy
collectors and dealers:
Rothschild family
dates:
1470-1479 / 1900-1919
subjects:
Photographs / Terracottas / Modelli / Collections, Private / Attribution / Attributions / Reliefs / Italian sculpture / Italian / Silverwork
subjects:
Lost works
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Photograph of the modelli for the Youth with the salver and the Captain with the mace, by Andrea del Verrocchio, with an unidentified Bust of a woman in the centre. From Collection d'objets d'art du Baron Adolphe de Rothschild. Pregny, Geneva c.1910.
Attributed works:
11. Beheading of St John the Baptist, by Andrea del Verrocchio. 1477-78. Silver, 30.8 by 41.9 cm. (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence).
Attributed works:
12. Detail of Fig.11, showing the Youth with the salver.
Attributed works:
13. Photograph of the Youth with the salver, by Andrea del Verocchio. 1477-78. Terracotta, 17 cm high. From the same publication as Fig. 10.
Attributed works:
14. Detail of Fig.11, showing the Captain with the mace.
Attributed works:
15. Photograph of the Captain with the mace, by Andrea del Verrocchio. 1477-78. Terracotta, 17 cm. high. From the same publication as Fig.10.
Attributed works:
16. Angel, by Andrea del Verrocchio or assistant. Terracotta, 37 by 34 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
17. Modello for the Executioner, by Andrea del Verrocchio. 1477-83. Terracotta, 23.7 cm. high. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
18. Detail of Fig.11, showing the Executioner.
Attributed works:
19. The silver altar for the Florentine Baptistry. 1366-1483. Silver, 115 by 263 cm.; side panels, 115 by 53 cm. (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence).
Attributed works:
20. Detail of Fig.11, showing the head of the Captain with the mace.
Attributed works:
21. Modello for the Forteguerri cenotaph, by Andrea del Verrocchio. 1476. Terracotta with repairs in stucco and wax, 39.4 by 26.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).