Personification of Air | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1965.51
People: Orazio Marinali, Italian (Bassano, Italy 1643 - 1720 Vicenza, Italy)
Title: Personification of Air
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Jupiter / Zeus
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture
Date: c. 1710
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/228068

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: 32.8 x 16.2 x 14.5 cm (12 15/16 x 6 3/8 x 5 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: George Northrup, Boston, MA, Sold by his estate; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
Accession Year: 1965
Object Number: 1965.51
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

[Reproduction only], "Some Recent Acquisitions", Fogg Art Museum Acquisitions, 1965, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1966)., p. 73, repr. in b/w
Kendra Roth, "The Technical Examination of Polychrome and Gilding Layers Applied to Two Bernini Modelli" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1997), Unpublished, pp. 1-15 passim

Exhibition History

European Sources of German Baroque Art, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/26/1968 - 03/30/1968
In Memoriam: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/1980 - 10/15/1980

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1965.51: Personification of Air