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| Keywords: School of Giovanni Pisano - Apostle or Prophet - Walters 71245.jpg This unusual bearded figure stands bent forward head projecting at a forty-five-degree angle his hood falling back off his head He holds an open book which forms an X with the folds of drapery below The straight folds on the front of the figure contrast with the shaper V-folds at the sides Although the back is flat as if the figure were intended to be seen against a background it is carved with vertical folds The eyes are half closed the mouth is partially open The projecting head and open mouth the boldness of the concept and the contained emotion of the figure relate it to the works of Giovanni Pisano The unusual treatment of the waist with the decided break in the composition is a favorite device of Pisano and may be seen in his Justice figure in the Palazzo Bianco Genoa among others The half-closed eyes also appear in the Justice The treatment of the figure's right knee under the drapery is paralleled in Pisano's Pisa Cathedral pulpit the sharp drapery folds in his ivory Madonna in the Pisa Cathedral However the composition and treatment are weaker in the Walters figure and the date seems to be more toward the middle of the century The base has been cut above the feet and minor alterations made to the hemline of the garments The surface was partially cleaned at one time There is a wide hole in the top of the hood 1st half Other date century 14 Medieval ivory cm 13 9 accession number 71 245 21591 Octave Homberg Collection Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Homberg Sale Paris May 16 1908 lot 493 Léon Gruel Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Italy Walters Art Museum license Medieval ivory in the Walters Art Museum Giovanni Pisano Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
