Friar

Object belonging

One's own

Category

Wood sculpture

City

Rome

Location

Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia

Specific location

Store

Inventory

s.n.

Material and technique

Sculpted wood, paint and gilding

Author

Roman School

Dating

18th century

Dimensions

65 x 20.5 x 15.5 cm.

Origin

Gorga Collection (1948)

Image copyright

SSPSAE e per il Polo Museale della città di Roma

Short description

This sculpture came from the collection of the opera singer Gennaro Evangelista (called Evan) Gorga, which was given to the Italian state in 1948 and was intended for the most part for the Palazzo Venezia museum. It depicts a tonsured monk, almost certainly a Dominican, on a rectangular pedestal with cornice moulding; he dressed in a white habit and a cape with a black hood. The work, which is carved in the round, is smaller than life size and bears a label with the numbers 50 and 79. It is an artisanal piece, in very poor condition: the left hand is missing, while the right has been carved separately and inserted later.

Grazia Maria Fachechi 

Bibliography

Unpublished