Head of an Old 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 429132.3
Summary
Carrara marble sculpture relief, Head of an Old Man by Orazio Marinali (1643-1720), circa 1700. Carrara marble tablet carved in low relief with head of old man in profile, facing dexter, wearing fur-trimmed cap, mouth wide open, grimacing, in right profile, wearing fur-trimmed cap, from a frieze on the great stair of the Palazzo Grimani, 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. They are from a frieze on the great stair of the Palazzo Grimani, Venice (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