Provenance

Alfredo Barsanti

Italian, active 1920s

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A seated man wearing a long robe and a crown has a crucifix in his lap in this free-standing, cream-white, alabaster sculpture. In this view, the seated man’s body faces us, and his arms are broken off beyond the elbow. He has short, wavy hair and a trimmed beard. His almond-shaped eyes are blank, and his lips are closed. His robe is deeply pleated and hangs in a U shape between his knees. A bird in flight, facing downward, hovers at his throat over the head of the crucified man. That man’s extended arms are also partially broken, but he hangs with his head tilted down to our left. He has a halo behind his long hair, and his mouth drops open. He is nude except for a loincloth across his hips. The crowned man sits on a base with a shield on the front center, but this area is worn.
English 14th Century, Spanish 14th Century, The Holy Trinity, c. 1300/1350, alabaster, with traces of polychromy, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1953.2.1

The Holy Trinity

English 14th Century, Spanish 14th Century · c. 1300/1350 · alabaster, with traces of polychromy ·  Accession ID  1953.2.1

Tuscan 15th Century, Madonna and Child, c. 1430, painted and gilded terracotta, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.9.103

Madonna and Child

Tuscan 15th Century · c. 1430 · painted and gilded terracotta ·  Accession ID  1961.9.103

Bibliography

1971

  • Zeri, Federico. Italian Paintings: Florentine School; A Catalogue of the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1971: 48.