Presepio Figure

Description Provenance Credit

Description 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, glass, textile with metallic thread, sequins
(Sculpture)

Accession Number

27.604.2

Measurements

H: 11 13/16 x W: 3 3/4 x D: 2 3/8 in. (30 x 9.5 x 6 cm); H of figure and hat: 11 x W: 3 3/4 x D: 2 3/8 in. (28 x 9.5 x 6 cm); Figure H: 9 13/16 x W: 3 3/4 x D: 2 3/8 in. (25 x 9.5 x 6 cm); Hat H: 1 9/16 x W: 1 9/16 x D: 1 9/16 in. (4 x 4 x 4 cm)

Geographies

Italy, Naples (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Presepio Figure of the Black Magus	Title
ca. 1790 (Italian late Baroque)	Period
27.604.1	Accession
reyes, csa, encountering, africanancestryineuropeanart	Tags