Charity

After the completion of Bishop Antonio degli Orsi’s tomb Tino executed a number of closely related sculptures such as the statue of Charity of unknown provenance in the Museo Bardini.

This heroic figure, an earth-mother type, is one of the first portrayals of Charity nursing. Shallowly carved in a plane and with an unfinished back, it was probably meant for a niche. Her casual posture has never been properly ascertained, and it is usually stated that she is sitting.