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Exhibition

Presepio: An Expanded View

Presepio: An Expanded View

Susan Earle, curator

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

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

Lorenzo Mosca, Nicola Ingaldi

late 1700s

presepio figure, female — presepio figure, female

late 1700s

presepio figure, male — presepio figure, male

late 1700s

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

Giuseppe de Luca

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

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

Giuseppe Gori, Giuseppe Sanmartino

late 1700s

presepio figure, greyhound — presepio figure, greyhound

late 1700s

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

Giuseppe Sanmartino

late 1700s

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

Lorenzo Mosca, Nicola Ingaldi

late 1700s

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

Giuseppe Sanmartino

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

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

Ann Hamilton

2012–2013

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

Mariano Salvador de Maella

circa late 1700s