Reflections on the Devotional Sculpture from Buen Retiro
Resource type
Conference paper (unpublished)
Creator (person)
Zorzo, Félix
Abstract
In 1760 Charles III of Spain moved his porcelain factory of Capodimonte in Naples to the Buen Retiro royal park in Madrid, bringing over materials as well as Italian workers such as the head sculptor Giuseppe Gricci. His religious production stands out for its exceptional quality, although at both Capodimonte and Buen Retiro, devotional pieces were outnumbered by secular subjects. Prompted by the presence of a Buen Retiro figure of the Christ Bound at National Museums Scotland, this paper examines the limited and disparate sculptural religious production of the Spanish ‘Real Fà¡brica’.
Event title
Sacred Ceramics: Devotional Images in European Porcelain
Publisher
Victoria & Albert Museum
Rights statement
In Copyright