Statues of Saint Peter and Saint Florence in white marble. On the bases are inscribed \"S. Pietro M.\" and \"S. Florenza V.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dimension: H: 40,15 in <\/p>\n\n\n\n
18th century period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Attributed to Giovanni Maria MORLAITER (Venise, 15\/02\/1699 \u2013 22\/02\/1781), Venetian school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saint Peter is very easily recognizable by his attributes, a book and two keys, one in gold, celestial and the other in silver, earthly, which allows him to open and close the doors of Paradise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sainte Florence est plus \u00e9nigmatique. Elle est repr\u00e9sent\u00e9e sous les traits d’une jeune fille aux cheveux d\u00e9nou\u00e9s, portant la main sur le coeur. Trois saintes sont connues sous ce vocable: Sainte Florence d’Agde, Sainte Florence de Carthag\u00e8ne, et Sainte Florence de Combl\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chaque statue est un monolithe de marbre blanc, con\u00e7u pour \u00eatre vu en contre-plong\u00e9e. L’artiste a accentu\u00e9 les membres sup\u00e9rieurs, et soign\u00e9 les \u00ab dessous \u00bb des drap\u00e9s aux plis \u00e9tudi\u00e9s. Sainte Florence, douce et apais\u00e9e, retient sa toge d’une main dans un l\u00e9ger contrapposto, esquissant un pas, l’autre main sur le c\u0153ur. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saint Pierre donne par opposition une impression de fermet\u00e9, renforc\u00e9e par un regard plus s\u00e9v\u00e8re. Les deux saints sont v\u00eatus \u00e0 l’antique, de simples broches ou fibules retenant les \u00e9toffes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If the pose, very static, with slightly inclined heads, resumes medieval cannons, the elegant and mannerist treatment of the fabrics with folds softened, without frank breaks, and the treatment of the hands of St Peter, all these elements allow us to attribute these works to Giovanni Maria Morlaiter, considered one of the greatest Venetian sculptors of the 18th century. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
La richesse du mat\u00e9riau, marbre blanc fort on\u00e9reux, peut laisser pr\u00e9sumer que ces sculptures \u00e9taient destin\u00e9es \u00e0 la chapelle peut-\u00eatre priv\u00e9e d’un important commanditaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Giovanni Maria Morlaiter :<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was a founding member of the\u00a0Accademia\u00a0of arts in Venice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Almost all the sculpture in the church of the\u00a0Gesuati, Venice is the work of Morlaiter, a real masterpiece. A few historians in Art describe him as one the best sculptors. \u00a0Hugh Honour\u00a0describes him as \"one of the ablest sculptors in eighteenth century in Venice\"[1]\u00a0and Semenzato as \"the most brilliant interpreter of the rococo in Venetian sculpture\". There is more of his work in the church than anywhere else in Venice.[2]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His first work for the church was the\u00a0Glory of Angels\u00a0(1738) on the second altar on the right, and after this Massari engaged him for all the other principal works of sculpture, ending with the statue of Melchisedek (1755). Clockwise from the entrance, the statues in six niches and coupled bas reliefs above are:\u00a0Abraham\u00a0(1754) and\u00a0Jesus and the Centurion\u00a0(1754);\u00a0Aaron\u00a0(1750) and\u00a0Jesus heals the blind\u00a0(1750);\u00a0Glory of Angels\u00a0(1739);\u00a0St Paul\u00a0(1745) and\u00a0Jesus appears to Magdalen\u00a0(1743);\u00a0Christ appears to doubting Thomas\u00a0(1747; no niche);\u00a0Baptism of Jesus (1746);\u00a0St Peter\u00a0(1744);\u00a0Christ and Samaritan at Well\u00a0(1744);\u00a0Moses\u00a0(1748\u201350) and\u00a0Healing of Paralytic\u00a0(1748\u201350);\u00a0Melchisedech\u00a0(1755) and St Peter walks on water\u00a0(1755). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other works from him which can be seen in two other churches in Venice :<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Statues de Saint Pierre et de Sainte Florence en marbre blanc.\u00a0 Sur les bases sont inscrites \u00ab S. Pietro M. \u00bb et \u00ab S. Florenza V. \u00bb Dimension : H : 102 cm. Epoque XVIII\u00e8me si\u00e8cle. Travail attribu\u00e9 \u00e0 Giovanni Maria MORLAITER (Venise, 15\/02\/1699 \u2013 22\/02\/1781), \u00e9cole de Venise. Saint Pierre est tr\u00e8s ais\u00e9ment reconnaissable \u00e0 ses … <\/p>\n