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La Zingarella or Gypsy Girl is a 140 centimetres (55 in) tall statue of Diana,[2] a combination of an ancient body with additions commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese[3] and executed by Nicolas Cordier, between 1607 and 1612. The additions, a head and the extremities of the body, were in bronze, and white and grey marble. It is on display in Room X in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, Italy.[3]
| La Zingarella | |
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| Artist | Nicolas Cordier |
| Year | sometime between 1607 and 1612[1] |
| Dimensions | 140 cm (55 in) |
| Location | Galleria Borghese, Rome |
| 41.914358°N 12.491895°E | |
This statue is a hybrid of an ancient grey marble torso, and Cordier's white marble and gilded bronze. Recent restoration, which removed a thick black patina added to tone down the statue to suit 19th-century taste, revealed a gold clasp.[1] Its assembly from ancient and modern elements makes it an exotic, almost orientalizing work.[2]
Eagles and dragons decorate the hem of the statue's gown.[1] The gown is knotted at the shoulders.[4] The figure is smiling.[1] The statue's finger points out, as if to acknowledge the viewer. The statue in the Galleria Borghese is the most celebrated version of La Zingarella; however, there is another version of the statue by Nicolas Cordier in the Louvre.[5] Visconti described the statue as Diana, detto volgarmente la Zingarella.[6]
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