Presepio Figure of the Black Magus

Description Provenance Credit

Description This small clothed "presepio" figure is one of the Magi. Most Italian "presepio" or Christmas crèche figures were made in Naples.

Provenance Sale, Sotheby's, London, December 1999, lot 153; Walters Art Museum, 2000, by purchase.

Credit Museum purchase with funds provided by the Renaissance and Baroque Acquisition Fund, 2000

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Creator

Umbrian (Artist)

Period

ca. 1790 (Italian late Baroque)

Medium

painted terracotta head and feet, wooden hands, glass eyes, composite cloth body, textile with metallic brocade, sequins and glass insets
(Sculpture)

Accession Number

27.604.1

Measurements

H: 6 5/16 x W: 16 1/8 x D: 3 3/4 in. (16 x 41 x 9.5 cm); H of figure and hat: 15 3/8 x W: 6 5/16 x D: 3 3/4 in. (39 x 16 x 9.5 cm); Figure H: 13 3/4 x W: 6 5/16 x D: 3 3/4 in. (35 x 16 x 9.5 cm); Hat H: 2 3/8 x W: 1 15/16 x D: 1 9/16 in. (6 x 5 x 4 cm)

Geographies

Italy, Naples (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Charles Street: Third Floor: 18th-Century Art

Presepio Figure	Title
ca. 1790 (Italian late Baroque)	Period
27.604.2	Accession
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