Johan Gregor van der Schardt
Model after Michelangelo’s "Day"

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Artist Johan Gregor van der Schardt (Dutch, 1530–c. 1581)Dutch, 1530–c. 1581

Artistafter Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian (Florentine), 1475–1564)Italian (Florentine), 1475–1564

CultureDutch

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Model after Michelangelo’s "Day"

Datec. 1562

MediumTerracotta with reddish patina

Dimensions8 3/8 x 11 13/16 x 4 3/8 in. (21.3 x 30 x 11.1 cm)

Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection

Object number44.584

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

205 Vinson & Elkins Gallery

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Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

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ProvenanceJohan Gregor van der Schardt (1530–c.1581), Nuremberg, c.1562–c.1581; Paulus von Praun (1548–1616), Bologna and Nuremburg; Praunisches Kabinett, Nuremberg, 1616–1801; Johann Friedrich Frauenholz (1758–1822), Georg Bittner, and Hans Albrecht von Derschau, Nuremberg, 1801–3; Anton Paul Heinlein, Nuremberg, 1803–32; [Heinlein sale, April 9, 1832, p. 65, probably no. 237]; Oberstleutnant Karl Emil von Gemming, Nuremburg, 1832–42; Ernst Julius Hähnel (1811–1891), Dresden, and by descent, 1842–1922; acquired in 1922 by the South West Africa Trust Company (August Stauch, 1878–1947); acquired in 1931 by Dr. A. B. Heyer, Dresden and Berlin; [Christie’s, London, February 24, 1938, lot 61]; Alexander von Frey, Vienna, 1938; [Arthur Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York, 1939]; bought by Percy S. Straus from Seligmann on March 30, 1939; bequeathed to MFAH, 1944.
Exhibition HistoryDresden, Germany, 1875.

"Michelangelo Exhibition," Florence, 1876.

"Builders and Humanists," University of St. Thomas, Houston, March–May 1966.

"John the Baptist in Renaissance Florence," Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, October 13, 2018–January 21, 2019.

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