Roman Charity – Basilio Fumo

Basilio FumoAround 1783-1803

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This porcelain sculpture is a reproduction of a clay-fired sculpture modelled in 1779 by Basilio Fumo, a sculptor from the Royal Factory of El Buen Retiro (Madrid). It depicts a popular scene from the Modern Era, based on a story told by historian Valerius Maximus in his work Factorum et dictorum memorabilium (AD 14): Cimon, who was sentenced to starve to death, was suckled every day by his daughter Pero, who secretly fed him until the Roman officials, moved by the story, set the prisoner free. The humanist culture of the 15th century recovered the Roman writer’s work, and this example of familial love was popularised as an allegory of pagan Charity in the moralist literature of the Renaissance. Neoclassical in style, its surface is neither glazed nor painted in order to evoke the texture and colour of ancient Greek and Roman sculptures. The figures are depicted with the restraint and decorum that fit with the moral message.

作品介绍

• 标题: Roman Charity
• 创作者: Basilio Fumo
• 创作日期: Around 1783-1803
• 类型: Sculpture
• 权利: http://man.mcu.es/
• 外部链接: CERES
• 材质: Soft-paste porcelain
• Provenance: Royal Porcelain Factory of El Buen Retiro (Madrid)
• Original Tittle: La Caridad Romana
• Cultural Context: Neoclassicism (Modern Era)

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Museo Arqueológico Nacional