Highlights
Palace-Nativity scene – Marble palace with the Adoration of the Magi
- Artist
- Giuseppe Sammartino, Lorenzo Mosca
- Locality
- Naples
- Date
- second half 18th century
- Material
- Majolica, glazed, painted, wood, tow
- Dimensions
- H. 30– 40 cm (figures)
- Location
- Gallery 150
- Inventory Number
- Krippenposition 108
- Acquisition
- Gift of the Councillor of Commerce Max Schmederer in 1904
- Epoch
- Baroque and Rococo
Description
Max Schmederer, the world-renowned collector of nativity scenes from Munich, acquired the figures for this nativity scene before 1900 at an auction of objects belonging to the former royal house of Bourbon-Sicily and donated them to the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in 1904. These are unique, spectacular ensembles with finest decorative details, known as finimenti, such as, for example, the 'Turkish Music Corps' - a truly royal Adoration of the Magi. The exoticism and splendour on display make it clear how the patron and the artist here created an image contrary to the biblical story: the stable in Bethlehem has become a Baroque marble palace with an extensive, oriental-looking entourage.
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