Madonna of the Harpies

Art

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Madonna of the Harpies

Entry/Object ID

96.10.2

Description

Andrea del Sarto (Italian, 1486–1530) Madonna of the Harpies Italy 1800/1858 Oil on canvas Original now in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, formerly in the Pitti Palace. Madonna and child with St. Francis on her right and St. John the Evangelist on the left. Low alter is supported with locusts (thought to be harpies by Vasari). In Cartouche: AND.SAR. FLO. FAB. AD SVMMV REGNA TRO NV DEFER TVR IN AL TVM MDXVII

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Collection

Loan

Made/Created

Date made

1800 - 1858

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

952

Dimensions

Height

54 in

Width

41-7/8 in

Dimension Notes

Frame: 55.5 (w) by 67.25 (h) stretcher 2.3/4"x D:1"

Location

Building

AR 109

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

AR/ 102

Moved By

Jill Beute Koverman

Date

June 25, 2002

Notes

Reason: restoration of Art Gallery Until: 05/18/2004

Location

Building

AR ART GALLERY

Moved By

Red

Date

April 23, 1998

Notes

Reason: exhibit Until: 06/25/2002

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Notes

Bird Poop at upper right side and bottom center, wax at lower left along frame, cnavas torn along lower right, no varnish visible, stretcher pulled away from frame at right side. Unstable Old tacking line, old staples spaced about 1" apart- remnants of canvas, water damage, spacer at top and bottom old cardboard repair at proper right missing section of frame is stored in NR 303.

Provenance

Notes

Collected By: Governor and Mrs. William Aiken, Jr. Last Owner: Governor and Mrs. William Aiken, Jr. then to their descendants 1859 Exhibition of the Carolina Art Association, entry 223 with the following information: 223. Unknown, Copy of ANDREA DEL SARTO'S Madonna in the Pitti Palace at Florence. The Madonna with child stands on a low altar, supported by two boy angels, with St. Francis on her right, and St. John Evangelist on the left; 4' 5 x 3' 6.....Wm. Aiken

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Notes

Exhibit Start: 2004-06-07

Intake

Loan In

L.1996.010.

Lender

Mary Maybank Scarborough

Date Received

Sep 15, 1998

Date Due for Return

Feb 8, 2006

General Notes

Note

Notes: 1979 HABS photographs hanging in West Parlor above the mantel. The original copy by Andrea del Darto is signed and dated 1517, and was executed for the high altar of the church of the nuns of St. Francis, in Via Pentolini (now Via de' Macci), in Florence. the name of the painting is derived from the harpies who adorn the pedestal on which the Madonna and Child are placed. del Sarto, though influenced by the greatest painters of his time, from Fra Bartolommeo to Raphael and Michelangelo, here gives us an original creation, in which his exquisite color sense and his characteristic subtle shadowing, especially in the flesh tones, are employed with the greatest skill. The whole compostition has a certain granduer: the madonna is rather severe and thoughtful, like those of Michelangelo, but the artist avoided the slavish imitation of the master -- which trapped many of his contemporaries. He remained faithful to the more typically Florentine tradition of Piero di Cosimo and Fra Bartolommeo. Status: OK Location Details1: 1

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

April 23, 1998

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

March 30, 2023