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In 1673, Bernini was commissioned by Pope Clement X to design gilded figures of the twelve apostles and the Risen Christ to crown the tabernacle of the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament in St. Peter's Basilica. Working from Bernini's designs, Giovanni Rinaldi made the models. Girolamo Lucenti, the bronze founder, had problems casting the Risen Christ, and the initial bronze cast had a flaw across its chest. This cast, now partially repaired and in the Walters' collection, was left in a rough state. The model was recast, gilded, and installed in St. Peter's.
Christ's idealized body recalls ancient sculptures of the sun-god Apollo, praised as having a perfect physique. His striding pose is beautifully balanced while his ascent toward heaven is suggested by the deeply carved, fluttering drapery, seemingly responding to an invisible wind and creating a strong play of light and shadow. Bernini was the greatest sculptor of his age. He imbued figures of both metal and marble with an unsurpassed sense of life and motion.
Italian
H: 17 5/16 in. (44 cm)
medium: bronze
culture: Italian
Walters Art Museum, 1942, by gift.
James Peale
American, Chestertown, Maryland 1749–1831 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sight: 3 x 2 1/2 in. (7.6 x 6.4 cm)
medium: Watercolor on ivor
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 68.222.6 1968
Gift of J. William Middendorf II, 1968
This scarab has a flat underside without a bottom design. The design of the back is very detailed with fine incised hatch marks and shoulder marks, and irregular line flow. The proportions of the top are well balanced. The workmanship is excellent and the piece is elaborately made.
The scarab functioned as a funerary amulet with a renewal connotation, and could have been an inlay of a pectoral or a heart scarab. The piece was originally mounted or threaded.
Egyptian
H: 1/2 x W: 7/8 x L: 1 1/4 in. (1.3 x 2.3 x 3.1 cm)
medium: dark green jasper
culture: Egyptian
dynasty: 26th-27th Dynasty
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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Carved sealstones were popular ornaments among Bronze Age Minoans and Mycenaeans and served as insignia of rank and social status. They were influenced by the elaborate traditions of stamp and cylinder seals developed in the Near East and Egypt. Bulls were represented using a variety of materials in the Minoan world, from gold jewelry to terracotta figurines and, most famously, in the relief frescoes of the palace at Knossos that depict bull-leaping.
Minoan
H: 1/2 x W: 1 1/16 x D: 7/16 in. (1.3 x 2.8 x 1.1 cm)
medium: hematite
culture: Minoan
Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
Long, rectangular tables were often placed against a wall to hold candlestands, flower vases, or incense burners. It was customary to hang ancestor portraits, images of religious figures, or seasonal paintings above the table that would convey auspicious wishes and blessings to the family. <br><br>The high legs show stylized cloud-shaped spandrels. At each end of the table, between the recessed legs, are carved openwork panels with a lively dragon motif.
China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Rosewood (huanghuali)
Overall: 86.4 x 199.4 x 41.9 cm (34 x 78 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.)
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The table top is made of a single plank of wood.
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
James M. Hart
American (born Scotland), Kilmarnock 1828–1901 New York
20 x 34 in. (50.8 x 86.4 cm)
medium: Oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 21.115.2 1921
Gift of Colonel Charles A. Fowler, 1921
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The silk thread in this chasuble, a liturgical vestment worn over an alb, is exceptionally lustrous. The lavish allover floral and foliate decoration in pastel shades on golden stems and the ivory ground were embroidered with shiny floss silk—soft silk filaments that form loosely twisted instead of tightly twisted thread. The floss silk is crossed with parallel lines of thread in matching colors that are secured by a third thread from underneath, called laid and couched-work embroidery. The dazzling effect illustrates skilled workmanship.
Italy, 18th century
embroidery, silk
Overall: 114 x 69.7 cm (44 7/8 x 27 7/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade