Object of Devotion: Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture from the Victoria and Albert Museum

"OBJECT OF DEVOTION: Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture from the Victoria and Albert Museum" presents 60 beautifully-carved alabaster panels and free-standing figures that were displayed in the homes, chapels and churches of both aristocratic and non-aristocratic Christians in the 15th and 16th Centuries.
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Upcoming Exhibitions
From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci: A CENTURY OF ITALIAN DRAWINGS FROM THE PRADO
Marking the first time that most of these extraordinary 16th-century works have appeared outside the walls of the Prado Museum in Madrid, this exhibition of 70 superb drawings explores the working methods of the most important artists active in Italy during a time of unprecedented artistic patronage. Focusing on the period from Mannerism to the early Baroque (1520-1620), the works have been selected by Guest Curator Nicholas Turner, formerly of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the British Museum, and a specialist in Renaissance and Baroque drawings.  Guilio Romano, Paolo Veronese, Giorgio Vasari, and Andrea del Sarto are just a few of the artists represented by detailed studies for commissioned works as well as intimate primi pensieri – the quick sketches that captured the “heat” of a creative moment.  Research in preparation for the exhibition revealed that the two Michelangelo drawings included are figure studies for the Sistine Chapel’s Last Judgment.

Bartolomeo Passerotti, (Bologna, 1529 - Bologna 1592),"Male Head Turned to the Left," pen and brown ink on light blue paper, Museo del Prado, Madrid.

   
 Circle of Jacob Tintoretto, (Venice, 1519-1594), "The Worship of the Golden Calf," Brush drawing in grey wash heightened in white body color over black chalk, Museo del Prado, Madrid.  Carlo Urbino, (Crema - recorded as active 1553-after 1585), "Design for the Decoration of the Front Wall of a Chapel with Two Bishops Standing to Either Side of St. Mark, who is Seated in the Center Above an Arch; two Separate Studies for the Legs of St. Mark in the Space of the Arch Below," Pen and brown ink with brown wash over some red chalk; squared in red chalk, Museo del Prado, Madrid. Cherubino Alberti, (San Sepulcro, 1553-Rome, 1615), "Standing Foot Soldiers with Lances and Shields," Pen and brown ink with brown and brown-grey wash heightened with white on paper tinted light brown, Museo del Prado, Madrid. 
Studio of Michelangelo Buonarroti, (Caprese, 1575 - Rome, 1564), "Sheet Studies of Faces in Profile to the Left: a Youth with a High Forehead; a Man with his Mouth Open; a Second less complete Study of the Face of the Youth; and the Outline of the Nose and Upper Lip of the Man Superimposed over the Eyebrows of This," red chalk, Museo del Prado, Madrid. Polidoro da Caravaggio, (Caravaggio nr Bergamo, c. 1499-Messina, c. 1543), "Judith with her Maidservant Carrying the Severed Head of Holofernes in a Basket," red chalk; parallel lines ruled blind with the stylus, visible on the recto, Museo del Prado, Madrid. Andrea del Sarto,(Florence, 1486-Florence, 1530), "Study for a draped female Figure standing in profile to the right; Waist and Legs of a Standing Youth, his Body turned to the left," red chalk, Museo del Prado, Madrid.
 
 
   

 

Dates: October 2008 – July 2009 

 2008 October 25 - January 4, 2009  Frick Art and Historical Center (Pittsburgh, PA)
 2009 January 24 - April 5  Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
  May 17-July 26 Philbrook Museum of Art (Tulsa, OK)

                                                         
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