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Although the sitter is represented in  contemporary dress in the model, in  the final version he is shown wearing  classicizing drapery.  Alessandro  Vittoria was an architect, stuccoist,  sculptor of bronzes, and renowned  portrait sculptor in 16th-century  Venice. The cast was made by Signor  Tombola, a plaster-cast maker in  Venice.\n\nPlaster casts were especially sought after during the 19th century, when reproductions of great works of sculpture and architecture were thought crucial for the training of artists. A separating substance was applied to the surface of the work to be reproduced, and a plaster mould made from that. The mould would then be used to make any number of additional plaster copies. These were often sold to artists, and later in the century to art colleges for study purposes.","physicalDescription":"A plaster cast of the terracotta model for a marble portrait of Apollonio Massa by Alessandro Vittoria. 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Although the sitter is represented in contemporary dress in the model, in the final version he is shown wearing classicizing drapery. The terracotta model came from the church of the Maddalena on the Giudecca in 1822 (now the Fondamento delle Convertite or della Rotonda). Prior to its removal, the bust bore an inscription on its base: APPOLONIUS MASSA MEDICUS ET PROCURATOR MONASTERII MDLXXXVII (Apollonio Massa doctor and procurator of the monastery 1587). 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