Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Terracotta

Pedro Millán
Saint George
Spanish
c. 1487-1515

John Nost the Elder
Queen Mary II
English
c. 1695

Christ Showing His Wound 
Italian
c. 1420-25

Complementing yesterday's terracotta busts, small-scale terracotta statuary fills the same space today. The statuettes above were illusionistically painted. Those below more typically preserve the warm monochrome of the terracotta itself.

John Michael Rysbrack
Cupids as Caryatids
Flemish
c. 1730

John Michael Rysbrack
Cupids as Caryatids
Flemish
c. 1730

Antonio del Pollaiolo
Combat of Naked Men
Italian
1470s

Pietro Francavilla
Recumbant Youth
Italian
c. 1590-1615

Clodion
Cupid & Psyche
French
c. 1797-1800

Clodion
Bacchus
French
c. 1775-80
All images from the V&A