Abundance (c. 1730): Art, History and Details

Abundance (c. 1730) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Lorenzo Matielli (Austrian, c. 1688–1748).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This work is probably a model for a garden statue that came from Castle Neuwartenburg near Vocklabruck. Castle Neuwartenburg was built from plans by Domenico Martinelli, with frescoes by Altomonte and sculpted decorations of the doorway and gardens by Lorenzo Matiellli (who also designed the door figures of the Cloisters at Melk and St. Michael's church in Vienna). The completion and dedication of the castle took place in 1732 with a personal visit by Emperor Karl VI. The statue was never executed, and the model remained in the castle.

Object facts

• Title: Abundance
• Date: c. 1730
• Creator attribution: Lorenzo Matielli (Austrian, c. 1688–1748)
• Culture: Austria
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: terracotta
• Dimensions: Overall: 75 x 56.7 x 35.4 cm (29 1/2 x 22 5/16 x 13 15/16 in.); without base: 69.3 cm (27 5/16 in.)
• Collection: Sculpture
• Department: European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1964.296

Collection credit

Severance and Greta Millikin Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• Schemper-Sparholz, I. "Zwischen Wien und Bohmisch Krumau - Eine Miszelle zum Werk des Bildhauers Johann Anton Zinner." Umění Art: časopis Kabinetu theorie a dějin umění Československě akademie věd 65, no. 5-6 (2017): 545-556.

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