Alessandro AlgardiItalian, 1595–1654Ritratto di giovane moro
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Where is “Ritratto di giovane moro” now? Collection: Bargello National Museum, Florence. Whether it is on view today is unknown.
Florence, Italy
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
Museum text in Italian
La bellissima testa di un moro in terracotta è giunta al Bargello dai Magazzini di Galleria, dove era segnata con il numero 238, come risulta dall'Inventario Sculture e Terrecotte. Non sappiamo quando sia entrata a far parte delle collezioni fiorentine. Sembra infatti possibile identificarla con una testa di un moro "del Landardi" citata nell'inventario di Ercole Ferrata, pubblicato dal Golzio. Secondo la Montagu si tratta di un'opera autografa dell'Algardi, databile per il fluido ma solido modellato alla seconda metà del quinto decennio del Seicento. Il forte realismo che contraddistingue i tratti del giovane fanno supporre che possa essere un ritratto dal vero piuttosto che uno studio per una composizione, tanto più che nell'opera dell'Algardi non sono conosciute figure di questo tipo
Bargello National Museum
Details
- Accession number
- Bargello Sculture 329
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Bargello National Museum
- Image: Bargello National Museum — I Musei del Bargello - Museo Nazionale del Bargello · Beni Culturali Standard (BCS) · Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali (ICCD – MiC)
In the life of Alessandro Algardi
The whole life1622 · Workplace
Mantua
1625
Moves to Rome with the Duke of Mantua's introduction
After a short stay in Venice he goes to Rome with an introduction from the Duke of Mantua to Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi, nephew of the late pope, who employs him for a time to restore ancient statues from his famous collection.
1625–1654 · Workplace
Rome
1644
Innocent X draws him to the papal court
With the death of the Barberini pope Urban VIII and the accession of the Pamphilj pope Innocent X, the Barberini fall into disfavor and Bernini receives fewer commissions; Algardi, by contrast, is embraced by the new pope and the pope's nephew Camillo Pamphilj. His portraits are highly prized, their formal severity contrasting with Bernini's vivacity, and his large bronze of Innocent X is now in the Capitoline Museums.
1650
Meets Velázquez; commissions from Spain
He meets Diego Velázquez, who obtains commissions for his work from Spain: four chimney-pieces and the figures of the fountain of Neptune in the gardens of the Royal Palace of Aranjuez, and the tomb of the Count and Countess de Monterey in the Augustinian monastery at Salamanca.
10 June 1654
Died
