1592999442000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-31227 1753812157898 1702908385000 1753812119276 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-31227 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31227 9b20e0fe-4229-3a7a-a391-4757e5e2f40f 7 person reference agent-157003 adlib-agent-157003 e61cbc06-b385-3efe-a886-b89deea0beb5 Penitent Magdalene reference term-98228 adlib-term-98228 3d747999-296f-3944-9a84-2936c3ae9f5c sculpture reference term-23385 adlib-term-23385 4c17df77-7d4e-32bf-8ec9-921b71d218a2 religion Applied Arts Figure of a partly draped nude woman with long hair dressed in Grecian style, seated on two rounded rectangular cushions, with her left leg extended behind her and her right bent up underneath her, She leans forward and rests her right elbow on a cushion in front of her, holding her right hand up to the right side of her jaw and neck. Her left arm, partly covered by her drapery, is extended in front of the cushion, and she gazes upwards. M.7-1974 1 accession number M.7-1974 31227 priref 31227 Art UK external ID CAM_CCF_M_7_1974 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31227 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31227 inscribed P. MARCHESI, F/MILANO 1832 signature reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Purchased with the Cunliffe, Perceval and Webb Funds, aided by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam, the Pilgrim Trust and Grant-in-aid from the Victoria and Albert Museum reference agent-156753 adlib-agent-156753 b4f097b1-a3d3-3d9d-b258-b9b3463dd102 Gallery Heim 1974 1974 1974-07-25 bought Entry date: 1974-07-25 1832 CE 1832 1832 sculptor reference agent-85009 adlib-agent-85009 18bbd04d-b36b-33df-abfb-9e12fd569e90 Marchesi, Pompeo Like 'Venus Pudica' (M.6-1974), this sculpture of ‘The Pious Penitent’ or ‘Magdalene’ was commissioned by Duke Pompeo Litta Visconti Arese for his residence in Lainate (Milan). A finished model was shown in the Brera, Milan, in 1831, described as ‘la bella convertita’ (‘the beautiful convert’) with the explanation that Marchesi was attempting to portray the moment of conversion. In 1831, the Genoese poet Felice Romani composed a grandiose poem featuring Marchesi’s statues of Venus and Magdalene as two contrasting muses, one joyful (love), the other serious (religion), in conversation. Marchesi was the leading Neoclassical sculptor in Milan during the first half of the nineteenth century, whose output was influenced by the work of Canova, under whom he had studied between 1804 and 1809. He established a large and prolific studio, and was Professor of Sculpture at Milan’s fine art academy between 1838 and 1852. Many of his models, including the full-scale plaster model for this work, are preserved in the Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Milan. reference term-106853 adlib-term-106853 25492eb4-1164-35eb-8dce-3601486f3415 19th Century reference term-106511 adlib-term-106511 0677a51e-a816-3f2c-bd69-4dde898eab76 literal Italy Italy country Milan reference term-37963 adlib-term-37963 929f6c25-5677-3624-90d4-f6d882da98ec white marble Height cm 106.5 Width cm 160 reference media-195571 adlib-media-195571 1c041e8b-9083-3a77-bc64-c2dbf2e73b39 jpeg aa/aa32/large_m_7_1974_1_201401_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 793 width pixels 1024 1702926499357 1 image jpeg aa/aa32/mid_m_7_1974_1_201401_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 387 width pixels 500 1702926499357 1 image jpeg aa/aa32/m_7_1974_1_201401_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 794 width pixels 1025 1702926499357 1 image jpeg aa/aa32/preview_m_7_1974_1_201401_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 194 width pixels 250 1702926499357 1 image 0 media image reference media-15862 adlib-media-15862 72015aed-bc1b-38ab-9751-df218fb08b0c jpeg aa/aa20/M_7_1974.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 563 1702926374252 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/mid_M_7_1974.jpg 1 height pixels 675 width pixels 500 1702926374252 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/M_7_1974.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 563 1702926374252 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/preview_M_7_1974.jpg 1 height pixels 337 width pixels 250 1702926374252 1 image 1 media image reference term-107454 adlib-term-107454 6ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20 figure history note Made for Duca Pompeo Litta Visconti Arese and by 1840 situated in a grotto in the Nymphaeum of the Villa Lainate, near Milan; reputedly from a palazzo in Rome; purchased in England by Gallery Heim, London, and exhibited in their Autumn Exhibition, 1972, Paintings and Sculpture 1770-1830 1 reference object-31226 adlib-object-31226 23361dbc-0285-3a3b-a965-e6ac59ade56b

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figure reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference number literal name Sculpture UK Sculpture UK Publ. Mentioned on p. 20, see also note 2, where the date of the statue is given. Illustrated, T 5, with the Venus of 1829 (M.6-1974). 20 reference publication-3646 adlib-publication-3646 27ead9bc-225a-3305-8422-bf9f8ec6ae77 Villa Lainate, Guide Publ. Illustrated p. 703 p. 703 reference publication-200000829 adlib-publication-200000829 84b93ea7-bacc-30a0-88ed-ffa0ee0112e3 'Il marmo e la parola. Precisazioni su Pompeo Marchesi' reference publication-2477 adlib-publication-2477 1628ed3e-7720-3bfc-ba5c-21e38b790365 La Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Milano reference term-9044 adlib-term-9044 99dcb503-1a64-3792-8a40-48eda95dd763 Neoclassical activity reference term-109521 adlib-term-109521 fd9eae47-f573-3b80-91f7-b1c8821185f3 reclining literal reclining reclining

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