Balthasar Permoser Female Bust Salzburg or Dresden, c. 1690/1700 Balthasar Permoser was among the protagonists of a great artistic period during which European sculpture evolved from late Baroque to Rococo This important female bust belongs to Permoser’s first period of activity at the court of Dresden.The remarkable creation attests of the deep reception of Italian […]
Bartolomé Ordóñez Lamentation on the Dead Christ The Lamentation on the Dead Christ was carved by Bartolomé Ordóñez around 1517-18, at an early period of his creation, as he began to design the choir-stalls of Barcelona Cathedral.The expressive walnut wood carving recalled the poetic atmosphere of the stories of the Passion which Donatello had created […]
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt Bust of a Bearded Old Man after 1777 Franz Xaver Messerschmidt was a famous Bavarian born sculptor, who enrolled at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts in 1754 and soon received important commissions from the Habsburg ruler empress Maria Theresa and her consort, Francis Stephen of Lorraine. In 1777, he settled in […]
Triptych Triptych with the Anointing of Christ’s Body c. 1410–1420 This exceptional triptych, which had remained unknown until 2012 when it was shown at the The Road to Van Eyck exhibition, can be considered as an outstanding testimony of the Low-Countries pre-Eyckian art. It’s cohesive unity hints to the fact that the three panels were surely from […]
Gian Lorenzo Bernini Portrait of a Gentleman Rome, c. 1670–75 This splendid marble bust is one of the last masterpieces executed by the greatest sculptor of the XVII century, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The essential formal syntax of this beautiful sculpture brings out the deep and individual character and the sitter’s impressive living energy. The bust belongs […]
BEAUTIFUL MADONNA Madonna Enthroned Bohemian, c. 1380 The figures known as Schöne Madonnen (Beautiful Madonnas) are probably the best-known pieces of the ‘International Gothic style’ which emerged around 1400. Natural grace and aesthetic sophistication are united in these works in an admirable synthesis. This sumptuously clad figure, who reaches a lofty level of refinement, is […]
PAUL EGELL The holy family c. 1735–40 Paul Egell was Balthasar Permoser’s pupil and Ignaz Günther’s master, and one of the major German sculptors of his time. The refined style of this great sculptor combines harmoniously manneristic eccentricity with classical monumentality in a truly unique blend. This Holy Family is an extraordinary example of the […]