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House altar containing a scene of the crucifixion
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Intended for private bedside devotion, German house altars like this one seldom survive, particularly with their original cabinetry intact. The refined crucifixion group, comprised of a crucified Christ, skull and crossbones, Mater Dolorosa (grieving Virgin Mary), and St. John the Evangelist, is the signature work of Franz Anton Bustelli, perhaps the greatest of all European porcelain modelers. Bustelli first rose to prominence in 1754 at the Nymphenburg manufactory, which served the Bavarian court and strove to raise the artistry of ceramic sculpture to the level of marble and bronze.
- Artist
- Franz Anton Bustelli
- Manufacturer
- Nymphenburg Factory
- Title
- House altar containing a scene of the crucifixion
- Date
- ca. 1760
- Place of Creation
- Deutschland
- Object Type
- Furnishing
- Medium
- Porcelain figures, and cabinet of painted and gilded wood
- Dimensions
- 88 9/16 x 40 3/16 x 24 13/16 in. (225 x 102 x 63 cm) Other (Crucifix): 34.5 cm (13 9/16 in.) Other (Skull and Crossbones): 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.) Other (St. John): 31 cm (12 3/16 in.) Other (Mater Dolorosa): 30.5 cm (12 in.)
- Credit Line
- European Decorative Arts Fund
- Accession Number
- 2013.30