Study Models of Parts of the Body

attributed to Johan Gregor van der Schardt, c. 1560 - c. 1570

This group of small models of parts of the body are carefully copied after famous sculptures, in particular by Michelangelo, in Florence and Rome. They came from the workshop of the Nijmegen sculptor Johan Gregor van der Schardt, who had a successful career in Italy, Nuremberg, and Copenhagen. They are extremely rare examples of the, in part autograph, study material of a 16th-century sculptor.

  • Artwork typemodel
  • Object numberBK-2013-9-7
  • Dimensionsheight 13.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsterracotta, gemodelleerd en mogelijk deels 'cast terracotta'

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Study Models of Parts of the Body

Johan Gregor van der Schardt, c. 1560 - c. 1570

Study Models of Parts of the Body

Study Models of Parts of the Body

Johan Gregor van der Schardt, c. 1560 - c. 1570

Study Models of Parts of the Body

Study Models of Parts of the Body

Johan Gregor van der Schardt, c. 1560 - c. 1570

Study Models of Parts of the Body

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Study Models of Parts of the Body

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-2013-9-7

Creation

  • Creation

    • maker: attributed to Johan Gregor van der Schardt, Florence (possibly)
    • after sculpture by Michelangelo, Florence

  • Dating

    c. 1560 - c. 1570

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    terracotta, gemodelleerd en mogelijk deels 'cast terracotta'

  • Dimensions

    height 13.5 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Frits en Phine Verhaaff Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and Mr William Middendorf II, Little Compton

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2013

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

    • Henry Thode, 'Michelangelos Tonmodelle aus der Hähnelschen Sammlung', Monatshefte für Kunstwissenschaft 6 (1913), p. 309-317.
    • Frits Scholten, 'Johan Gregor van der Schardt and the Moment of Self-Portraiture in Sculpture', Simiolus. Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art 33 (2007/2008) nr. 4, p. 195-220.
    • Henry Thode, 'Michelangelo', in: Michelangelo und das Ende der Renaissance 6, Berlijn 1913.
    • Michelangelo Models, Seattle (Cascade Gallery) 1977, cat.nr. 1-4, 6-7, 15, 17-18.
    • Frits Scholten, 'Michelangelo's Mighty Models or the Legacy of Johan Gregor van der Schardt', in Stephan Koja en Claudia Kryza-Gersch (red.): Shadows of Time : Giambologna, Michelangelo and the Medici Chapel, Dresden 2018, p. 93-111.
    • Inventarissen van het Praunsche Kabinett, 1616 and 1719.

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