Not only painters but also many sculptors often used the ‘modello’. Many of these are studies in terracotta. The Pieta we see here was probably by an apprentice of the sculptor and architect Lucas Faydherbe of Malines, who himself worked as an apprentice sculptor in the studio of Peter Paul Rubens, by whom he was greatly influenced. Faydherbe tried to express the broad flourishes and pictorial quality of Rubens’ work in his own dynamic sculptures. We also see this in this terracotta relief. The fine modelling and simplicity of expression imbue the work with an elegant serenity.
| Artist |
Lucas Faydherbe
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Nicolas van der Veken
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| Title | The Man of Sorrows |
| Date | ca. 1650 - ca. 1699 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Location | Mechelen TGN |
| Collection | sculpture AAT |
| Object type | terracottas (sculptural works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1987-J |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Galerie d'Arenberg Brussels 1986 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1987-J |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3588/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300055874 religious symbolism AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 11D334 adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc. Iconclass 11F the Virgin Mary Iconclass 11G angels Iconclass 31A236 lying figure Iconclass 31B6214 weeping Iconclass 31B62141 tears Iconclass 73D Passion of Christ Iconclass 73D6712 loin-cloth ~ particularities of crucifixion scenes Iconclass 73D7332 Man of Sorrows supported or accompanied by mourning angels, 'Engelpieta' Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Lucas Faydherbe (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
| L' art ancien dans les Flandres (région de l'Escaut) : Mémorial de l'exposition rétrospective organisée à Gand en 1913 / Joseph Casier, Paul Bergmans. - Bruxelles : G. Van Oest & Cie, 1914-1922 (p. 85-86 (ill. 109)) |
| Lucas Faydherbe : Beeldhouwer en bouwmeester ; 1617-1697 / broeder Maria Libertus. - Antwerpen : De Sikkel, 1938 (p. 163-165) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Robert Hoozee. - Brussel : Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, 1988 (p. 45) |
| 200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 104-105, 269 (ill. 47)) |
| Oude Meesters uit het Museum voor schone Kunsten Gent in de crypte van de Sint-Baafskathedraal. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2004 (s.p., cat. 35) |
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