Head of Young Man
Orazio Marinali (1643-1720)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Carrara marble
Measurements
260 x 205 mm
Place of origin
Venice
Order this imageCollection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 429132.2
Summary
Carrara marble sculpture relief, Head of Young Man in by Orazio Marinali (1643-1720), circa 1700. Carrara marble tablet carved in low relief with head of young man in profile, facing dexter, dishevelled hair, mouth open, right profile, mouth open, from a frieze on the great stair of the Palazzo Grimani, Venice Venice. In mahogany frame. Part of set of five Carrara marble tablets by Orazio Marinali (1643-1720) and one framed document (see NT/HUG/SC/60a-f). The tablets represent various humours consisting originally of at least sixteen heads.
Provenance
Presented to Mrs Disraeli by Sir Philip Rose, Bt., with other sculpture from the same collection (NT/HUG/SC/55a,b). See Hughenden MSS R/I/D/6 and NT/HUG/SC/60F. NT/HUG/SC/12 also by Marinali. Disraeli Sale 1881; Park Place, Remenham (1918 inventory); sold Mallams, Oxford, 4.10.1989, bt. Agnew; purchased by NT from Agnew, 1994, £18,500 (with a grant of £5,000 from NACF).
Makers and roles
Orazio Marinali (1643-1720), sculptor