Torchero Blackmore; Venice, XIX century. Polychromed carved wood with gilded glue

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DECORATIVE ARTS XV-XIX

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Jul 13, 2021

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  Torchero Blackmore; Venice, XIX century. Polychromed carved wood with gilded glue It presents faults in the polychrome. Measures: 102 x 22 x 20 cm. Wooden sculpture known as Black more, whose disposition of one of its hands shows the base to be able to place on them a light. It is clear the influence of neoclassicism in these sculptures, not only by the modeling of the carving, which shows a perfect knowledge of classical anatomy, but also by the elegant pose that adopts the figure which stands out for a great stylization and ornamentation of his clothes. This type of theme, or representation of characters of oriental character, began to develop in the aesthetic currents of Venice in the seventeenth century, reaching a great success in later centuries. It came to dominate different areas of the decorative arts, which was initiated by the cabinetmaker and sculptor Andrea Brustolon (1662 - 1732). His furniture was characterized by the abundant presence of sculpture, often even in the round. His most characteristic figures were black figures such as the one presented here, ebonized and painted, which served as supports for large pieces of furniture, or appeared free-standing. These figures were so popular throughout Europe that they became a key element in luxury Baroque furniture until well into the 18th century and, within the historicism, during the 19th century. They are pieces of exceptional carving quality, conceived as independent works of art. These blacks remained a typical Venetian production, which is why already in the 19th century they were represented, as in this example, as gondoliers. The iconography is the result of the taste for the exotic that characterized the eighteenth century, and that had continuity during the nineteenth century through the romantic spirit, which liked to reflect and fantasize about everything that was different and distant, both in time and space. This piece recreates the idealized eighteenth-century Venetian world, which symbolized in the new industrial century an elegance and luxury that could never be recovered. These types of pieces were worked in a meticulous and exquisite manner, paying as much attention to the carving as to the polychromy, which freely and fancifully reproduces rich embroidered fabrics.
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