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The recipient's name Recipient's email address Your name Socket for a Flag Pole Leopardi, Alessandro Enlarge image Explore related objects Category ph_survey Architectural fittings Sculpture Material Patinated copper Subject standards (identifying artifacts) Technique Electrotype Name Leopardi, Alessandro Giovanni Franchi and Son Wisdom Charity Justice Place Venice London place Gallery Cast Courts, Room 46b, The Weston Cast Court Collection Sculpture Collection Socket for a Flag Pole Object: Electrotype copy Place of origin: Venice (original, sculpted) London (electrotyping) Date: August 1505 (sculpted) 1861 (electrotyping) Artist/Maker: Leopardi, Alessandro (sculptor) Giovanni Franchi and Son (maker) Materials and Techniques: Electrotype copy Museum number: REPRO.1863-2 Gallery location: Cast Courts, Room 46b, The Weston Cast Court , case FS, shelf S More information Download PDF version Physical description Electrotype Copy of a socket for a standard, after the bronze original in the Piazza di S. Marco, Venice. One of three flagstaffs commissioned from Leopardi by Doge Leonardo Loredan (reigned 1501-21). The latter's portrait appears in four medallions on the flagstaff. The flagstaff shows the winged lion of St. Mark, the emblem of the Venetian Republic, and around the base are seascapes with classicizing figures. Here, allegorical figures of Wisdom, Charity and Justice are shown riding above the waves with attendants. Place of Origin Venice (original, sculpted) London (electrotyping) Date August 1505 (sculpted) 1861 (electrotyping) Artist/maker Leopardi, Alessandro (sculptor) Giovanni Franchi and Son (maker) Materials and Techniques Electrotype copy Dimensions Height: 282 cm, Diameter: 122 cm Object history note Purchased from Messrs Franchi & Son together with museum no. 1863-3 in 1863 for £205 Historical context note One of three flagstaffs commissioned from Leopardi by Doge Leonardo Loredan (reigned 1501-21). The latter's portrait appears in four medallions on the flagstaff, and he is recorded in the inscription which runs around three bands on the original, but is not reproduced in this copy. It reads: OPTIMO PRINCIPE/LEONARDO LAVREDANO/DVCE VENETIAN. EIVS IIII./PROCVR.ECCLES./S.MARCI./PAVLO BARBO/M.ANTO.MAVROC.EQ/NICOL. TRIVISANO/ANNO DOMINI MCCCCCV MENS.ABG.OPVS ALEXANDRI LEOPARDI ((Given) by the great prince Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice in the fourth year of his reign (and supervised by) the procurators of the church of S. Marco, Paulo Barbo., M. Anto. Mauroc., knight, Nicol Trivisano, in the year of Our Lord 1505 in the month of August. The work of Alessandro Leopardi). The three flagstaffs all show the winged lion of St Mark, the emblem of the Venetian Republic, and around their bases are seascapes with classicizing figures. Here, allegorical figures of Wisdom, Charity and Justice are shown riding above the waves with attendants. Descriptive line Electrotype, patinated copper, after the original bronze socket for a flag pole in St Mark's Square, Venice, by Alessandro Leopardi, Venice, in 1505. Cast by Giovanni Franchi and Son in London, 1861. Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no) Angus Patterson, "The Perfect Marriage of Art and Industry: Elkingtons and the South Kensington Museum's Electrotype Collection", The Journal of the Antique Metalware Society, Vol. 20, June 2012, pp. 56-77, ill. p. 64 Labels and date The Museum bought two copies of the socket in 1863 for the large sum of £410. An inscription on the original records that it was commissioned for St Mark's Square in Venice, where it still stands outside the Doge's Palace. The inscription is not reproduced on the copy. Rather it was the decoration that the Museum deemed useful for artists and designers. It features mythological figures, the winged lion of St Mark and medals depicting the Doge. 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