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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Nationality: Italy, Naples, late 18th-early 19th Century Creator Name-CRT: Italy, Naples, late 18th-early 19th Century Title: Figure from a Crèche: Shepherd Title Type: Primary View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1780 Creation End Date: 1830 Creation Date: 1780-1830 Object Type: Sculpture Classification Term: Sculpture Materials and Techniques: painted wood and terracotta with various textiles Dimensions: Overall: 36.1cm AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 1972.368.1 ID Number: 1972.368.10 ID Number: 1972.368.11 ID Number: 1972.368.12 ID Number: 1972.368.13 ID Number: 1972.368.14 ID Number: 1972.368.15 ID Number: 1972.368.16 ID Number: 1972.368.17 ID Number: 1972.368.18 ID Number: 1972.368.19 ID Number: 1972.368.2 ID Number: 1972.368.20 ID Number: 1972.368.21 ID Number: 1972.368.22 ID Number: 1972.368.3 ID Number: 1972.368.4 ID Number: 1972.368.5 ID Number: 1972.368.6 ID Number: 1972.368.7 ID Number: 1972.368.8 ID Number: 1972.368.9 Credit Line: Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html Context: The practice of creating scenes of the Nativity for the home dates from the early 1700s in Italy, where people began to set up doll-like figures of about a foot or less in height. The custom was particularly popular in Naples around 1800, where crèche scenes (crèche means cradle, or crib) included many figures, whose heads and hands of painted terracotta, stuffed cloth bodies, and clothing adapted from contemporary local costumes gave them an amazingly realistic character. Representations of the birth of Jesus can be traced to the first few centuries of Christianity. Both living creatures and sculptural depictions of them were used from early times. By the late middle ages it was customary to create life-size figures of wood or stone, naturalistically painted, to represent the characters who participated in the events of Jesus's early life. These sculptures were then arranged in scenes illustrating one or both of the most important of these events, the Adoration of the Shepherds and the Adoration of the Magi-the three kings from the East who came to pay homage to the Christ child. Used in churches, these large figures were especially popular in Italy, Central Europe, Spain, and Portugal. This Object in Focus presentation was organized by Henry Hawley, Curator of Renaissance and Later Decorative Arts and Sculpture. AMICA ID: CMA_.1972.368.1-22 AMICA Library Year: 2002 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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