Model of Faith for the Tomb of Cardinal Falconieri

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Model of Faith for the Tomb of Cardinal Falconieri

Artist Ercole Ferrata (Italian, 1610-1686)

Place of OriginItaly

Dateabout 1674

DimensionsH: 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm)

MediumTerracotta

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1960.6

Not on View

Published References"Acquisition," Museum News, vol. 40, no. 3, November 1961, p. 3, repr.

Comstock, Helen, "The Connoisseur in America," The Connoisseur, CXLIX, February 1962, p. 133, repr.

"Accessions of American and Canadian Museums, July-September, 1961," The Art Quarterly, Winter 1961, p. 406, repr. p. 398.

"Cronache," Emporium, Rivista Mensile d'Arte e di Cultura, November, 1961, no. 803, repr. opp. p. 233.

"Neuerwerbungen des Toledo Museum of Art," Die Weltkunst, vol. 31, no. 24, December 1961, p. 10, repr.

Toledo Museum of Art, A Guide to the Collections, Toledo, 1966, repr.

"Europäische Abteilung, Erwerbungen älterer Bildwerke 1964/1965-1969," Jahrbuch der Hamburger Kunst Sammlungen, 14/15, 1970, p. 334.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Treasures for Toledo, Dec. 1964-Jan. 1965.

Detroit Institute of Arts, "Art in Italy 1600-1700," Apri. 6-May 9, 1965, no. 46, p. 59, repr. p. 60.

London, Heim Gallery Ltd., Baroque Sketches, Drawings and Sculptures, Autumn Exhibition, 1967, p. 18.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Titi, F., Ammaestramento ecc., 1674, 3 Aug. 1686, lists almost all artists concerned with Falconieri Chapel. Cf. De Rossi, Vari Altari e Cappelle, A Late 17th Century publication with engraved plates, one of which shows Cardinal Falconieri's tomb without the added angels. Cf. Brinckmann, A.E., Barocksculptur, Berlin, 1917, p. 267, Short discussion of the tomb. Cf. Brinckmann, A. E., Barock-bozzetti, Frankfurt, 1923, vol. I, p. 118. Fig. 34 illustrates the Falconierei tomb as completed. Plate opp. p. 118 illustrated the presumably earlier bozzetto in the Collection of Ludwig Pollak, Rome. Cf. Hempel, E., Borromini, Vienna, 1924. Describes his part in the Falconieri Chapel. Cf. Bruhns, Leo, Romische Jahrubuch fur Kunstgeschichte, 1940. Cf. Bruhns, Leo, Die Kunst der Stadt Rom, Vienna, 1951, I, pp. 573, 649. Cf. Portoghesi, Paolo, "Borromini," Encyclopedia of World Art, II, p. 566. Discusses Falconieri Chapel. Cf. Antonia Nara Cellini, "Baroque Art: Italy, Sculpture," Encyclopedia of World Art, II, New York, 1960. Suggests the Faith is reminiscent of Reni. The author has a considerably higher opinion of Ferrata than Wittkower. "Ferrata's works always have a buoyancy, both in composition and in play of light, that truly forecasts the 18th century. His late works show a waxlike, pictorial softness and a changing play of light, tending to give an effect of pathos." This author has other interesting remarks re Ferrata's work and place in the late 17th century Roman sculpture. Cf. Maria Vittoria Brugnole, "Due bozzetti del Seicento: Ercole Ferrata e Pierre Etienne Monnot," Bollettino d'Arte, 1960, IV, pp. 339-345.