Cocktails with a Curator: Laurana's "Bust of a Woman"
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- This week, Assistant Curator Giulio Dalvit celebrates the 50th episode of "Cocktails with a Curator" by considering a marble bust by the fifteenth-century artist Francesco Laurana. The bust has no wrinkles or defects and almost seems composed not of flesh but of perfect geometrical shapes. While some have suggested it is an ideal portrait of feminine beauty, it is traditionally identified with the Italian noblewoman Ippolita Maria Sforza or with her daughter, Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan. Look for this enigmatic sculpture in a gallery on the third floor of Frick Madison showcasing three exceedingly rare portrait busts of the Italian Renaissance. In recognition of Laurana’s birthplace, this week’s complementary cocktail is the black pepper-infused Dalmatian.
To view this painting (or object) in detail, please visit our website: www.frick.org/lauranabust
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Well done Giiulio Dalvit. It's very important to acknowledge, as you did in your fine presentation, that learning about works of art is a never-ending process. As such, the spectator is invited, implicitly, to participate in an important historical process.
Beautiful and very thought provoking. Thank you, as always, for this wonderful program.
That was terrific! We are thinking about this kind of art differently now. Thank you!
Absolutely Wonderful.
An exquisite work of art . Excellent presentation. Many thanks, Signore Giulio Dalvit.
Fantástico, bravo!
Questions raised to ponder. Thank you. When I got off the elevator on the Third Floor at Frick Madison and came face to face with the three female busts, I was riveted in place.
Must have been staggering and a little 'other worldy' possibly. Hope to get to the Frick one day!
This was a wonderful explanation of art I have loved for a long time without understanding it. Thank you so much for making this available online.
A very interesting presentation! Wonderful.
Very much enjoyed this video.The profile view of this bust very much reminded me of the very beautiful painted profile female portraits by. Botticelli and his contemporaries.
I look forward to seeing the bust in its new installation at the Frick Madison.
Richard Laurenzi, Sculptor
So well done! Bravo! This has been one of my favorite 'cocktails with the curator.' Your love of the piece shines through. Superb cocktail pairing as well!
50 episodes -really amazing! thanks go to everyone who has made these Friday evening moments so special - I am in Canada on the West Coast and look forward to my Friday's with the Frick each week with keen anticipation - and not just for the cocktail!!! The amount that I have learned about the art world as well as the pieces and the history of art makes each Friday a treat - my 2022 plans revolve around a trip to New York and the Frick - a must see again in its new setting.
Good job. Your sincere enthusiasm is infectious.
The connection to the Italian family Sforza is interesting. If the bust at the Frick and the coloured bust, kept in Vianna, are of the same woman and this would be Ippolita Maria Sforza they look very similar to the portrait "La Bella Principessa", which is attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. The portrait is maybe Bianca Sforza, who would be a niece of Ippolita Maria Sforza - or a first cousin of Isabella of Aragon. They could be twins. :-)
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Female_bust_by_Francesco_Laurana?uselang=de#/media/File:Kunsthistorisches_Museum_Wien_2016_Kunstkammer_Francesco_Laurana_Idealportr%C3%A4t_der_Laura_KK_3405_h.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Bella_Principessa#/media/File:Profile_of_a_Young_Fiancee_-_da_Vinci.jpg
Thank you for an excellent and interesting presentation of a beautiful sculpture.
Dear Frick foundation its a great plesure to see this Lauranas and on the two sides the italian beuties.I think apart from their history they must give a joy for men also to see the "the crone of creation" of course the ladies in a suitable surrundig...in 70th avenue.Thanks...
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They’re a little young to be “crones”, don’t you think?
Thanks from Italy
FYI -- Dr. Dalvit was born in 1991 in Milan, Italy.
Grazie mille, Giulio! Such an interesting talk with lots of great questions to ponder and an insight into the curator's/art historian's thinking and mestiere. It demonstrates how to engage young students in a creative and problem-solving journey. Sono appassionata dell'arte italiana e non vedo l'ora di tornare in Italia. As I was listening, I also thought about a bust by Verrocchio in the Bargello 'Dama dal mazzolino'.
Happy anniversary and thank you for your always interesting lesson . Saluti da Roma, Italy.
You should drink Maraschino, produced in Zadar or something based on it! Maraschino was invented in Domenican monestry in Zadar in 15th century.
Excellent! I so appreciate how you are on top of the material and how well you present it.
Thank you for an intelligent and entertaining talk! Interesting discussion about the restoration of the Berlin bust!
Great reading skills,thank you
wow. Thank you for such an interesting take on these busts. I really like how you made the connection/comparison to the 16th c male busts in bronze "down the hall." Can't wait to see in person soon.
Giuolo is adorable AND smart!
How intriguing. Lots of scope for more research on this I would have thought. Happy Anniversary and Happy Easter to all at the Frick. Thank you.
I know very little but these are beautiful!
excellent presentation!
Greetings from Washington DC ~
Thank you for an excellent presentation. Given the capabilities for image manipulation in modern technology, it would be interesting to take 3D scans of the presently uncolored busts and use computer imaging to attempt to recreate the original appearance of the busts as the artists intended. This might make a project for an art history student and, if done well, could be a video presentation. The recreations would only be hypothetical, but several different representations could be made by different students.
The first thing I thought looking at the bust was that it looked like Catherine of Aragon, or at least like the Michael Sittow painting that possibly depicts her. She wouldn't be the sitter for obvious reasons, but I wonder if the woman was a relative.
Well, in Spain these busts are known as the "princesses of Aragón". The Trastámara house ruled in Castile, Aragón, Sicily and Naples... so, if true, they would have been Catherine´s cousins.
But what about the unusual cut-out sleeves on the 3 busts of the same woman? Does that style indicate anything about where the woman might have lived?
Couldn’t the mystery initials DMS be ‘dis manibus sacrum’, a standard Roman memorial inscription? That would be my guess anyhow.
Sounds good to me but doesn't it translate to "in memory of" ? If so, it's odd to not name who it's in memory of.
@@bahhumbug9824 No it translates Dedicated to the Dii Manes" the protectors of the house hearth in roman religion
Does the Museum have on sale gypsum copies of these busts?
Killed by his own tutor? Man, were they strict about not handing in your homework.
DONT DESTROY THE MAGIC, AND MYSTERY.....THERIN LIES THE BEAUTY.......
A marble bust mysteriously reappears from the waters of Marseille's harbor. Anyone else thinking about "Modigliani's" sculptures "found" in Livorno's canal? A forgery does not need to be contemporary. I would not so glibly exclude it.
I thought the author was Luciano Laurana, not Francesco. (Not heard of Francesco, in fact.)
Very enjoyable talk indeed, but more cocktails needed 😊 the Frick bust is a lovely copy of the original, as is the Berlin bust whereas the Washington bust is a very low grade modern copy. The original bust has the inscription Beatriz d'Aragonia in the empty panel.
12:55 I don't think she had any wrinkles at this stage lol, it was probably produced before she got married...she does have a tiny bit of a double chin though if you examine the side profile...
He invited us to ask questions, but luckily you’ve already got all the answers!
Laurence Dankel what would be nice if this was a weekly live stream and ppl could ask questions whilst he was giving presentations and actually taking time to enjoy his cocktail 🍹
Bravo!!! We love your curiosity, knowledge, youth & obvious passion for your work. Just a question on backdrop: Are you filming from a Frick Madison closet?
Dis Manibus sacrum
Vranjanin should be pronounced as if it was written Vranyanin or in Spanish Vrañanin.