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Circle of FRANCISCO SALZILLO (Murcia, 1707- 1783); c. 1700."Melchior".Polychrome earthenware.It
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Circle of FRANCISCO SALZILLO (Murcia, 1707- 1783); c. 1700.
"Melchior".
Polychrome earthenware.
It presents faults in the modelling and in the polychromy,
Measurements: 20 x 14 x 20 cm.
The ermine on the clothes and the cap lying at the feet of the main character indicate his elevated position. This characteristic, together with his posture, leads us to think that he is probably one of the Magi, Melchior, as his grey beard indicates his advanced age. Due to the technical and aesthetic characteristics of the work, a link can be established with the artistic influence of the master Francisco Salzillo, who was a Spanish sculptor of the 18th century, considered today to be one of the most important of that century and one of the most outstanding figures of the Murcian school of sculpture. He devoted himself to religious works, producing sculptures as well as processional floats and nativity scenes, in a style of transition from Baroque to Rococo and Neoclassicism, and was trained in the workshop of his father, the Italian sculptor Nicolás Salzillo, and had to take over the workshop when Nicolás died in 1727, when Francisco was twenty years old. Although he hardly ever left Murcia (there is only one documented trip to Cartagena in 1755, and he refused the invitation of the Count of Floridablanca to go to Madrid), he achieved fame and recognition at a national level, carrying out a large number of commissions. He participated in the foundation, in 1777, of the Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Murcia, which served to create, two years later, the Patriotic School of Drawing (of which he was director), and his work is currently preserved in some important private collections, as well as in institutions such as the Salzillo Museum in Murcia, the Museum of the Cathedral of Murcia, the National Museum of Sculpture in Valladolid, etc.The Murcian school of sculpture was born in the 18th century, driven by the economic growth of the region, around the figure of Francisco Salzillo, gathering Mediterranean and especially Italian influences through the art of the Nativity Scene, which was introduced and developed in Spain in this century. Through the Murcian school, the novelties of European Rococo were introduced into Spain, which were incorporated by Murcian masters such as Salzillo into the popular sentiment typical of Spanish imagery.
"Melchior".
Polychrome earthenware.
It presents faults in the modelling and in the polychromy,
Measurements: 20 x 14 x 20 cm.
The ermine on the clothes and the cap lying at the feet of the main character indicate his elevated position. This characteristic, together with his posture, leads us to think that he is probably one of the Magi, Melchior, as his grey beard indicates his advanced age. Due to the technical and aesthetic characteristics of the work, a link can be established with the artistic influence of the master Francisco Salzillo, who was a Spanish sculptor of the 18th century, considered today to be one of the most important of that century and one of the most outstanding figures of the Murcian school of sculpture. He devoted himself to religious works, producing sculptures as well as processional floats and nativity scenes, in a style of transition from Baroque to Rococo and Neoclassicism, and was trained in the workshop of his father, the Italian sculptor Nicolás Salzillo, and had to take over the workshop when Nicolás died in 1727, when Francisco was twenty years old. Although he hardly ever left Murcia (there is only one documented trip to Cartagena in 1755, and he refused the invitation of the Count of Floridablanca to go to Madrid), he achieved fame and recognition at a national level, carrying out a large number of commissions. He participated in the foundation, in 1777, of the Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Murcia, which served to create, two years later, the Patriotic School of Drawing (of which he was director), and his work is currently preserved in some important private collections, as well as in institutions such as the Salzillo Museum in Murcia, the Museum of the Cathedral of Murcia, the National Museum of Sculpture in Valladolid, etc.The Murcian school of sculpture was born in the 18th century, driven by the economic growth of the region, around the figure of Francisco Salzillo, gathering Mediterranean and especially Italian influences through the art of the Nativity Scene, which was introduced and developed in Spain in this century. Through the Murcian school, the novelties of European Rococo were introduced into Spain, which were incorporated by Murcian masters such as Salzillo into the popular sentiment typical of Spanish imagery.
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Circle of FRANCISCO SALZILLO (Murcia, 1707- 1783); c. 1700.
"Melchior".
Polychrome earthenware.
It presents faults in the modelling and in the polychromy,
Measurements: 20 x 14 x 20 cm.
The ermine on the clothes and the cap lying at the feet of the main character indicate his elevated position. This characteristic, together with his posture, leads us to think that he is probably one of the Magi, Melchior, as his grey beard indicates his advanced age. Due to the technical and aesthetic characteristics of the work, a link can be established with the artistic influence of the master Francisco Salzillo, who was a Spanish sculptor of the 18th century, considered today to be one of the most important of that century and one of the most outstanding figures of the Murcian school of sculpture. He devoted himself to religious works, producing sculptures as well as processional floats and nativity scenes, in a style of transition from Baroque to Rococo and Neoclassicism, and was trained in the workshop of his father, the Italian sculptor Nicolás Salzillo, and had to take over the workshop when Nicolás died in 1727, when Francisco was twenty years old. Although he hardly ever left Murcia (there is only one documented trip to Cartagena in 1755, and he refused the invitation of the Count of Floridablanca to go to Madrid), he achieved fame and recognition at a national level, carrying out a large number of commissions. He participated in the foundation, in 1777, of the Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Murcia, which served to create, two years later, the Patriotic School of Drawing (of which he was director), and his work is currently preserved in some important private collections, as well as in institutions such as the Salzillo Museum in Murcia, the Museum of the Cathedral of Murcia, the National Museum of Sculpture in Valladolid, etc.The Murcian school of sculpture was born in the 18th century, driven by the economic growth of the region, around the figure of Francisco Salzillo, gathering Mediterranean and especially Italian influences through the art of the Nativity Scene, which was introduced and developed in Spain in this century. Through the Murcian school, the novelties of European Rococo were introduced into Spain, which were incorporated by Murcian masters such as Salzillo into the popular sentiment typical of Spanish imagery.
"Melchior".
Polychrome earthenware.
It presents faults in the modelling and in the polychromy,
Measurements: 20 x 14 x 20 cm.
The ermine on the clothes and the cap lying at the feet of the main character indicate his elevated position. This characteristic, together with his posture, leads us to think that he is probably one of the Magi, Melchior, as his grey beard indicates his advanced age. Due to the technical and aesthetic characteristics of the work, a link can be established with the artistic influence of the master Francisco Salzillo, who was a Spanish sculptor of the 18th century, considered today to be one of the most important of that century and one of the most outstanding figures of the Murcian school of sculpture. He devoted himself to religious works, producing sculptures as well as processional floats and nativity scenes, in a style of transition from Baroque to Rococo and Neoclassicism, and was trained in the workshop of his father, the Italian sculptor Nicolás Salzillo, and had to take over the workshop when Nicolás died in 1727, when Francisco was twenty years old. Although he hardly ever left Murcia (there is only one documented trip to Cartagena in 1755, and he refused the invitation of the Count of Floridablanca to go to Madrid), he achieved fame and recognition at a national level, carrying out a large number of commissions. He participated in the foundation, in 1777, of the Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Murcia, which served to create, two years later, the Patriotic School of Drawing (of which he was director), and his work is currently preserved in some important private collections, as well as in institutions such as the Salzillo Museum in Murcia, the Museum of the Cathedral of Murcia, the National Museum of Sculpture in Valladolid, etc.The Murcian school of sculpture was born in the 18th century, driven by the economic growth of the region, around the figure of Francisco Salzillo, gathering Mediterranean and especially Italian influences through the art of the Nativity Scene, which was introduced and developed in Spain in this century. Through the Murcian school, the novelties of European Rococo were introduced into Spain, which were incorporated by Murcian masters such as Salzillo into the popular sentiment typical of Spanish imagery.
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