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Study for The Blessed Alessandro Sauli
1663–1668
(French, 1620–1694)
Overall: 69.7 cm (27 7/16 in.)
Location: 212 Baroque Painting and Sculpture
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Terracotta models, like this study for a sculpture, are also known as bozzetti or modelli.Description
A famous preacher from an aristocratic family in Genoa, Sauli (1534-1591) spearheaded important Catholic reforms, including popular missions and restructuring the church to reach a broader spectrum of worshippers. This sculpture is a model for a large statue commissioned by the Sauli family for a Genoese church. Although the open book speaks to Sauli’s work as a reformer, his twisting body and facial expression indicate utter absorption in a deeply personal vision.- Possibly Marquesses Pallavicini (Genoa, Italy);Baudouin-Gounelle collection (Marseilles, France);Henri Dobler, 1863-1941 (Aix-en-Provence, France);Possibly art market (Paris, France);Blumka Gallery (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1964.
- The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 116 archive.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 116 archive.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 173 archive.orgMay, Sally Ruth. Knockouts: a pocket guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. Reproduced: no38, p. 40 - 41Bober, Jonathan, Piero Boccardo, and Franco Boggero. Superbarocco: arte a Genova da Rubens a Magnasco. Milano : Skira, 2022. Reproduced: p. 272, fig. 3
- Baroque Imagery. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 6, 1984-January 6, 1985).CMA 1984-1985: Baroque Imagery, cat. no. 10, pp. 30-31, repr. p. 30Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).CMA 1964: "Year in Review, 1964," CMA Bulletin, LI, no. 10 (December 1964), cat. no. 4, illus.
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1964.36