« Une teste de cire anatomique »
This study traces the life of Gaetano Giulio Zumbo (1656 ?-1701), the Sicilian wax sculptor and modeller who died in Paris on 22 December 1701, barely a year after his arrival in the French capital. Why did Zumbo travel to Paris, what networks enabled him to be received at court, to obtain a royal p...
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2016-09-01
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| description | This study traces the life of Gaetano Giulio Zumbo (1656 ?-1701), the Sicilian wax sculptor and modeller who died in Paris on 22 December 1701, barely a year after his arrival in the French capital. Why did Zumbo travel to Paris, what networks enabled him to be received at court, to obtain a royal privilege, and how has his much-lauded work, discredited and relegated as a “minor art”, influenced sculpture and anatomy? These are the questions this study will delve into, highlighting an aspect of Zumbo’s life, that of an occasional court artist. He first lived in Florence, at Cosimo de’ Medici III’s residence, before his arrival in France, and was admitted to the court of Monseigneur and the Duke of Orleans, protected by the painter Élisabeth Chéron, and praised by Paris’s artists and men of science. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af3a94eef1f3491781e1fa10cca56e152022-12-22T03:33:21ZengCentre de Recherche du Château de VersaillesBulletin du Centre de Recherche du Château de Versailles1958-92712016-09-0110.4000/crcv.13864« Une teste de cire anatomique »Elena TaddiaThis study traces the life of Gaetano Giulio Zumbo (1656 ?-1701), the Sicilian wax sculptor and modeller who died in Paris on 22 December 1701, barely a year after his arrival in the French capital. Why did Zumbo travel to Paris, what networks enabled him to be received at court, to obtain a royal privilege, and how has his much-lauded work, discredited and relegated as a “minor art”, influenced sculpture and anatomy? These are the questions this study will delve into, highlighting an aspect of Zumbo’s life, that of an occasional court artist. He first lived in Florence, at Cosimo de’ Medici III’s residence, before his arrival in France, and was admitted to the court of Monseigneur and the Duke of Orleans, protected by the painter Élisabeth Chéron, and praised by Paris’s artists and men of science.http://journals.openedition.org/crcv/13864Antoine BenoistÉlisabeth-Sophie ChéronGuillaume DesnouesGaetano Giulio Zumboanatomical headFrench court |
| spellingShingle | Elena Taddia « Une teste de cire anatomique » Bulletin du Centre de Recherche du Château de Versailles Antoine Benoist Élisabeth-Sophie Chéron Guillaume Desnoues Gaetano Giulio Zumbo anatomical head French court |
| title | « Une teste de cire anatomique » |
| title_full | « Une teste de cire anatomique » |
| title_fullStr | « Une teste de cire anatomique » |
| title_full_unstemmed | « Une teste de cire anatomique » |
| title_short | « Une teste de cire anatomique » |
| title_sort | une teste de cire anatomique |
| topic | Antoine Benoist Élisabeth-Sophie Chéron Guillaume Desnoues Gaetano Giulio Zumbo anatomical head French court |
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