COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Moses [plaster cast]
Alternate Title:
Reproduction of Michelangelo's Moses
Image View:
Lower torso and legs
Creator:
after Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian sculptor, 1475-1564); Monsieur Desachy (French cast maker, active ca. 1850-1880)
Location:
repository: Victoria and Albert Museum [South Kensington] (London, England, United Kingdom) 1858-278
GPS:
+51.496325-0.172058
Date:
ca. 1858 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French; Italian
Style Period:
Nineteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
replica
Work Type 2:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
patinated plaster
Technique:
casting (process)
Measurements:
236.5 x 109.5 cm (width)
Relation Work:
replica of Tomb of Julius II
Subjects:
death or burial; Old Testament and Apocrypha; rulers and leaders; Julius II, Pope, 1443-1513; Moses (Biblical leader); horns; rays of light; tablets; Ten Commandments
Description:
This figure was executed for the second project (1513) for Pope Julius' tomb, and was planned for the second zone, above the right niche of the front. This project was not realised, and the Moses was not completed until 1542. The original marble figure is in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, Italy. Source: V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum) [website]; http://www.vam.ac.u…
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Four
Identifier:
7A1-MB-VA-M-A4
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Moses [plaster cast]
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