Praying Woman (Orant) Between Two Ionic Columns : Detail, central portion of orant, from below right
- Creator:
- Pacetti, Vincenzo, ca. 1745-1820
unknown (Ancient Roman) - Published/Created:
- body ca. 100-200 ; restorations 1609-1780
- Physical Description:
- 204 cm (height, orant)
- Date Depicted:
- 2009
8000 BC - 499 AD - Materials:
- colored marble (rosso antico, yellow and green)
porphyry
white marble - Notes:
- Formerly from the Borghèse collection at the Villa Borghèse, purchased by Napoleon I in 1807. The body dates from the second century AD, from Rome. This takes after a type of draped form shown by several Roman sculptures of the first and second centuries. Posed like an orant with arms raised in prayer. Porphyry with restorations in ancient red (rosso antico) and white marble; sandals in ancient green and plinth in ancient yellow Acquired in 1609 by the Cardinal Scipio Borghèse (1576-1623) at which time the first restoration is presumed: the ancient head does not belong to the statue. The work was again restored about 1627 by Vincenzo Moretto and in 1780 by Vincenzo Pacetti. In the refitting of the Villa Borghèse by the Prince Marcantonio IV, the orant appeared in a niche between the two ionic columns, in the Egyptian room.
- Variant Titles:
- Femme en Prière entre Deux Colonnes Ioniques
- Topics:
- Sculpture -- Roman -- (YVRC)
- Culture:
- Italian
Roman - Accession Number:
- 7A3-R-ML-FP-A3
- Genre:
- sculpture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- human figure; Restoration and conservation architectural elements; columns (architectural elements); visual works; sculpture (visual work)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Six
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
2009 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Original Repository:
- Paris, France: Musée du Louvre
- Local Record Number:
- 4125
- OID:
- 10079540
- PID:
- digcoll:1864953