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Lion aquamanile with double headed serpent spout, Germany, Lower Saxony, circa 1400, bronze.
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âMEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE SCULPTUREâ WILL OPEN AT SAM FOGG JUNE 13, 1 CUT
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LONDON â Sam Foggâs annual sculpture exhibition, âMedieval and Renaissance Sculpture, 1100â1520â will take place at the gallery at 15d Clifford Street June 13âJuly 11.
The exhibition will include sculptural works from the Romanesque, medieval and Renaissance periods including sculptures in marble, stone, wood, bronze, alabaster, ivory and terracotta, varying in scale from large monumental carvings to smaller cabinet pieces. The exhibition will coincide with the fifth staging of London Sculpture Week, June 13â20 when nine London dealers bring this aspect of the arts to the fore.
The collecting of medieval art is enjoying something of a renaissance. The past five years have seen a series of highly acclaimed exhibitions including most recently, âMedieval Ivories from the Thomson Collectionâ at the Courtauld Institute of Art and Cranach at the Royal Academy of Arts, as well as a number of auctions of great private collections.
Fogg is one of a select few dealing in Romanesque sculpture and has seen a growing number of collectors in this area since his first exhibition in 2003.
The exhibition includes a number of architectural elements such as corbels and capitals with carved figurative decoration. Of interest will be two Twelfth Century corbels discovered making up part of a wall in Mold, Cheshire, which are reused elements from a now destroyed Norman church in Mold.
Another highlight of the Romanesque works on show will be a stone column representing the figure of Belial, a naked, bearded man consumed by snakes.
Among the cabinet pieces on view will be a large lion aquamanile with double-headed serpent spout from Germany, Lower Saxony, circa 1400.
Of note is a marble relief of Ottaviano Augusto, an ancient Roman Emperor, set in profile, crowned and with wild, flowing hair, carved by Mino da Fiesole (circa 1429â1484).
The exhibition will include an English alabaster relief panel carved with the Resurrection.
For more information, www.samfogg.com or 44 (0) 20 7534 2100.