Cleveland Museum of Art
Study for The Blessed Alessandro Sauli
Pierre Puget
- Date
- 1663–1668
- Medium
- terracotta
- Culture
- France, made in Genoa, 17th century
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
A famous preacher from an aristocratic family in Genoa, Sauli (1534-1591) spearheaded important Catholic reforms, including popular missions and restructuring the church to reach a broader spectrum of worshippers. This sculpture is a model for a large statue commissioned by the Sauli family for a Genoese church. Although the open book speaks to Sauli’s work as a reformer, his twisting body and facial expression indicate utter absorption in a deeply personal vision. Terracotta models, like this study for a sculpture, are also known as bozzetti or modelli .
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