Das Taufbecken von Siena Geschichte, Restaurierung und Wiederaufstellung eines Gipsmodells
In the organizer's words:
In the crypt of the Bode Museum, the Sculpture Collection and the Gipsformerei are presenting a small joint permanent exhibition with just one object from each collection: the almost forty-centimetre bronze statuette "Putto with Tambourine" (1429) by Donatello from the Sculpture Collection and the over five-metre-high plaster model of the baptismal font of Siena, which was created in the Gipsformerei workshop in 1876. In addition to the shared history of the two pieces, a research panorama also reveals their connections to the history of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
The baptismal font in the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Siena is a masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance. It was created between 1416 and 1434 by six sculptors, including Donatello. Several bronzes can be traced back to him, including a putto that has been in the sculpture collection of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin since 1902.
In addition to the bronze statuette, the baptismal font has also left its mark on Berlin in other ways: The Gipsformerei collection includes a 59-part plaster model of the monument, which was cast in 1876. Shortly before this, an Italian plaster casterer had spent months making plaster molds directly from the Sienese baptismal font and sent them to Berlin. In this way, the Berlin museums acquired plaster casts of over 150 Italian Renaissance sculptures in the 1870s and 1880s - and the Gipsformerei acquired a significant stock of molds that are still used in the production of casts today.
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