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Collection Online as of March 16, 2025

Abundance

c. 1730

attributed to Lorenzo Matielli

(Austrian, c. 1688–1748)
Austria, 18th century
terracotta
Overall: 75 x 56.7 x 35.4 cm (29 1/2 x 22 5/16 x 13 15/16 in.); without base: 69.3 cm (27 5/16 in.)
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.296
Location: not on view

Description

This work is probably a model for a garden statue that came from Castle Neuwartenburg near Vocklabruck. Castle Neuwartenburg was built from plans by Domenico Martinelli, with frescoes by Altomonte and sculpted decorations of the doorway and gardens by Lorenzo Matiellli (who also designed the door figures of the Cloisters at Melk and St. Michael's church in Vienna). The completion and dedication of the castle took place in 1732 with a personal visit by Emperor Karl VI. The statue was never executed, and the model remained in the castle.
  • Johann Albert Saint Julien, Reichsgraf von Walsee, Schloss Neuwartenburg, by inheritance to Marie-Rose von Saint Julien
    Marie-Rose von Saint-Julien
    Dr. Kurt Rossacher (Salzburg, Austria), sold to Severance and Greta Millikin, 1959.
    Severance and Greta Milliken, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1964.
  • Schemper-Sparholz, I. "Zwischen Wien und Bohmisch Krumau - Eine Miszelle zum Werk des Bildhauers Johann Anton Zinner." Umění Art: časopis Kabinetu theorie a dějin umění Československě akademie věd 65, no. 5-6 (2017): 545-556. Reproduced: p. 551, fig. 8; detail p. 552, fig. 10
  • Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
    The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).
  • {{cite web|title=Abundance|url=false|author=Lorenzo Matielli|year=c. 1730|access-date=16 March 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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