Title: | Tormented Figure |
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Notes: | This figure is one of a group of works by an extremely talented but as yet unidentified sculptor called the "Master of the Furies" after his statuette of a Fury in Vienna. No "subject" is depicted but torment, expressed by the man's wild facial expression, elongated and outstretched arms, and writhing curls of hair, all characteristic of the master's later works, while the theatricality and exaggerated naturalism are more general qualities of German baroque works of art. The sculptor plays with the viewer's knowledge of ivory's inherently cylindrical shape and limited width by attaching auxiliary pieces of ivory to extend the figure's outstretched arms. -- Walters Art Museum |
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Date: | ca. 1640-1650 |
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Artist: | Master of the Furies |
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Building: | Walters Art Museum
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Object/Function: | Carving |
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Material: | Ivory |
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City/Town: | Baltimore
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State: | MD
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Country: | United States
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Scripture: | Luke 8:26-39
Luke 16:19-31
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Lectionary links: | CProp07
CProp21
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General Subject: | Torment
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Attribution: | Master of the Furies. Tormented Figure, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55481 [retrieved March 29, 2024]. Original source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Master_of_the_Furies_-_Tormented_Figure_-_Walters_71435.jpg. |
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Record Number: | 55481
Last Updated: 2021-11-08 17:58:54
Record Created: 2013-01-30 13:42:38 |
Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |