{"id":73838,"date":"2021-05-25T10:39:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T08:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/marble-busts\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T14:52:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T12:52:38","slug":"marble-busts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/historical-and-artistic-heritage\/marble-busts\/","title":{"rendered":"Marble busts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Upon completion of the renovations that affected the entire convent and in particular the new 'Vanvitellian Vase', the Augustinians commissioned the marble busts that currently adorn the access doors to the galleries. Among the documents kept at the State Archives in Rome, an expenditure of 150 scudi in favour of Gaspare Sibilla is recorded for the year 1764. \"A 'papal sculptor', the creator or person responsible for the acquisition of many marbles that have found their way into the Pio-Clementino Museum, a probable pupil of Pietro Bracci and from 1772 an academician of St. Luke's, Gaspare Sibilla is the author of the bust dedicated to Cardinal <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treccani.it\/enciclopedia\/egidio-romano\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Egidio Colonna<\/a>,<\/strong> characterised by a thick beard and the cardinal's biretta, and the one portraying <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treccani.it\/enciclopedia\/benedetto-xiv-papa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benedict XIV<\/a><\/strong> in papal robes.  <\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the bust of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treccani.it\/enciclopedia\/clemente-xiii-papa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Clement XIII<\/strong><\/a> 'the present Pope' can be attributed to Pietro Bracci. It differs from the others in its broad shoulders, its longer cut and an evident asymmetry in the folds of the mozzetta.<\/p>\n<p>There is no archival information on the last bust, dedicated to the Veronese Cardinal <a href=\"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/henry-noris\/\"><strong>Enrico<\/strong> <strong>Noris<\/strong><\/a>, librarian of the Vatican Library, who had left his book collection to the Angelica Library. Most probably a work by Francesco Moratti, a sculptor from Padua who had also been commissioned other busts of religious figures placed in the nearby church of Sant'Agostino, the cardinal is depicted with his face furrowed by evident wrinkles that give it a marked sense of realism. <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/4x3_Busto_01.jpg\" class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\" title=\"\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"><div 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