Alfonso I, King of Naples

between 1850 and 1900

Manner of Francesco da Laurana Italian, 1430-1500

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About the Artwork

Title Alfonso I, King of Naples

Artwork Date between 1850 and 1900

Artist Manner of Francesco da Laurana

Life Dates 1430-1500

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Italian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Marble

Dimensions Overall: 16 3/4 × 16 7/16 × 11 1/4 inches (42.5 × 41.7 × 28.5 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department European Modern Art to 1970

Credit Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 37.139

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Provenance

ca. 1900, purchased in Naples by (Stefano Bardini, Florence, Italy);
Richard Mortimer (Tuxedo Park, New York, USA);
Eleanor J. Mortimer (Tuxedo Park, New York, USA);
September 24-25, 1937, sold at the Eleanor J. Mortimer sale (American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, New York, USA);
1937-present, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Valentiner, W.R. Italian Gothic and Early Renaissance Sculpture. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 1938, no. 97 (ill.) [unpaginated].

Valentiner, W.R. "A Portrait of King Alphonso I of Naples," Art Quarterly 1, no. 2 (1938): pp. 61-88, (figs. 7, 8), pp. 73-74.

Lorenzo the Magnificent and the Arts. Plazzo Strozzi, Florence, May 21-October 31, 1949, p. 55 (ill.).

Decorative Arts of the Italian Renaissance 1400-1600. Exh. cat., DIA. 1958, p. 71, no. 149.

The Lively Arts of the Renaissance. Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, 1960, no. 99.

The Renaissance Image of Man and the Works. Ohio State University Gallery of Arts, Columbus, October 27- November 27, 1961, no. 48.

The Portrait Bust: Renaissance to Enlightenment. Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, March 5-30, 1969, no. 1 (ill.),

Pane, R. Il Rinascimento nell'Italia meridionale. Milan, 1975, pp. 131-132, 134, no. 23, (fig. 101).

Kruft, H.W. Francesco Laurana: Ein Bildhauer der Fruhrenaissance. Munich, 1995, p. 60.

A.P., Darr, P. Barnet, A. Boström, with contributions by C. Avery... [et. al.]. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Detroit Institute of Arts. London: Harvey Miller Publishers, in assoc. with the Detroit Institute of Arts, 2002, 2 vols., II, cat. 270.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

manner of Francesco da Laurana, Alfonso I, King of Naples, between 1850 and 1900, marble. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, 37.139.