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Exhibition

Presepio: An Expanded View

Presepio: An Expanded View

Susan Earle, curator

December 4, 2018–January 13, 2019

Gallery 408, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

This exhibition presents the Museum’s recently conserved presepio nativity ensemble, along with related free-standing figures and featuring new research on the presepio and related figures. The tradition of elaborate presepio displays dates to the time of Saint Francis of Assisi as instructional offerings to churchgoers and other citizens.

Exhibition images

Works of art

presepio nativity scene — presepio nativity scene, circa 1770

presepio figure, angel — presepio figure, angel, late 1700s

presepio figure, seated male — presepio figure, seated male, late 1700s

presepio figure, female — presepio figure, female, late 1700s

presepio figure, female — presepio figure, female, late 1700s

presepio figure, seated female (Virgin Mary) and throne — presepio figure, seated female (Virgin Mary) and throne, late 1700s

presepio figure, seated male — presepio figure, seated male, late 1700s

presepio figure, boy, Lorenzo Mosca (died 1789); Nicola Ingaldi (active late 1700s–early 1800s) — Lorenzo Mosca (died 1789); Nicola Ingaldi (active late 1700s–early 1800s)

presepio figure, boy, late 1700s

presepio figure, female — presepio figure, female, late 1700s

presepio figure, male — presepio figure, male, late 1700s

presepio figure, female, Giuseppe de Luca (active 1700s) — Giuseppe de Luca (active 1700s)

presepio figure, female, late 1700s

presepio figure's bench — presepio figure's bench, late 1700s

presepio figure's table — presepio figure's table, late 1700s

presepio figure, female — presepio figure, female, late 1700s

presepio figure, female — presepio figure, female, late 1700s

presepio figure's lute — presepio figure's lute, late 1700s

hat for presepio figure, male peasant — hat for presepio figure, male peasant, late 1700s

presepio figure, greyhound — presepio figure, greyhound, late 1700s

presepio figure, wolf dog, Giuseppe Gori (active circa 1770–1810); Giuseppe Sanmartino (1720–1793) — Giuseppe Gori (active circa 1770–1810); Giuseppe Sanmartino (1720–1793)

presepio figure, wolf dog, late 1700s

presepio figure, greyhound — presepio figure, greyhound, late 1700s

presepio figure, male, Giuseppe Sanmartino (1720–1793) — Giuseppe Sanmartino (1720–1793)

presepio figure, male, late 1700s

presepio figure, young girl, Lorenzo Mosca (died 1789); Nicola Ingaldi (active late 1700s–early 1800s) — Lorenzo Mosca (died 1789); Nicola Ingaldi (active late 1700s–early 1800s)

presepio figure, young girl, late 1700s

presepio figure, male, Giuseppe Sanmartino (1720–1793) — Giuseppe Sanmartino (1720–1793)

presepio figure, male, late 1700s

presepio figure's gold and white turban — presepio figure's gold and white turban, late 1700s

presepio figure, male (Joseph) — presepio figure, male (Joseph), late 1700s

presepio figure, female — presepio figure, female, late 1700s

presepio figure, female — presepio figure, female, late 1700s

presepio figure, black male — presepio figure, black male, late 1700s

presepio figure, female — presepio figure, female, late 1700s

presepio figure, seated man — presepio figure, seated man, late 1700s

presepio figure, male — presepio figure, male, late 1700s

presepio figure, male — presepio figure, male, late 1700s

presepio figure, male — presepio figure, male, late 1700s

presepio figure, Angel — presepio figure, Angel, late 1700s

presepio figure, female — presepio figure, female, circa 1770s

presepio figure, male — presepio figure, male, late 1700s

figura 67, Ann Hamilton (born 1956) — Ann Hamilton (born 1956)

figura 67, 2012–2013

The Immaculate Conception, Mariano Salvador de Maella (1739–1819) — Mariano Salvador de Maella (1739–1819)

The Immaculate Conception, circa late 1700s