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‘The big Italian’: Giambologna and his model Bartolommeo di Lionardo Ginori
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 912-919
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Author:
Avery, Charles (Avery, Charles)
Subjects
art literature:
Baldinucci, Filippo
artists:
Giambologna / Zuccaro, Federico / Santi di Tito / Michelangelo / Pollaiolo, Antonio del
dates:
1550-1599
media:
Sculpture / Marbles / Bronzes / Wax sculpture / Models (representations) / Paintings
museums and institutions:
Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence, Italy
patrons:
Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574 / Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598 / Francesco I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1541-1587 / Christian I, Elector of Saxony, 1560–1591
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Models (people) / Sitters / Ginori, Bartolommeo di Lionardo / Ginori family / Biographies / Soldiers / Crucifixes / Portraits / Statuettes / Gifts / Commissions / Rape of the Sabines / Mars / Hercules / Prometheus / Titles of works of art / Identification
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Rape of the Sabines, by Giambologna. 1582. Marble, height (excluding the base) c.410 cm. (Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
10. Prometheus, cast from a model by Giambologna. c.1590. Gilt bronze, height 23 cm. (Private collection; photograph courtesy Tomasso Brothers Fine Art, UK).
Attributed works:
2. Crucified Christ, by Giambologna. 1580s. Bronze, 33.5 by 21.5 cm (Cleveland Museum of Art; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. Portrait of Giambologna, with his model for ‘Samson and a Philistine’, by Federigo Zuccaro. 1575. Black and red chalk, 26.1 by 188 cm. (National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
4. Rape of the Sabines, by Giambologna. c.1581. Clay with traces of whitewash, height c.410 cm. (Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence).
Attributed works:
5. Mars, by Giambologna. c.1581–87. Gilt bronze, height 39.4 cm. (Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Dresden; photograph Arrigo Coppitz).
Attributed works:
6. Portrait of Bartolommeo di Lionardo Ginori, by Santi di Tito. c.1583. Canvas, height c.250 cm. (Private collection, Florence; photo Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence).
Attributed works:
7. Portrait of Pietro di Cosimo de’ Medici, by Santi di Tito. c.1583. Canvas, 208 by 113 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
Attributed works:
8. Mars and Prometheus, cast from models by Giambologna. c.1587 and c.1590 respectively. Bronze, heights 39.4 cm. and 23 cm. (Both private collection; photograph courtesy Tomasso Brothers Fine Art, UK).
Attributed works:
9. Man seen from three angles, by Antonio del Pollaiuolo. Fifteenth century. Stylus, pen and ink and wash on paper, 26.5 by 36 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Exhibition Review
Shadows of Time: Giambologna, Michelangelo and the Medici Chapel. The Sculpture Collection, Dresden
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 854-856
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Reviewer:
Avery, Charles (Avery, Charles)
Subjects
artists:
Michelangelo / Giambologna / Zuccaro, Federico / Bisschop, Jan de / Rubens, Peter Paul / Broecke, Willem van der
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Sculpture / Alabaster carvings / Bronzes / Drawings / Sketches / Prints / Engravings / Reliefs
museums and institutions:
Albertinum, Dresden, Germany
patrons:
Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574 / Christian I, Elector of Saxony, 1560–1591
places:
Germany / Dresden
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Statues / Statuettes / Patronage / Gifts / Medici family / Sarcophagi / Unfinished works / Attribution / Iconography / Time / Mars / Nightmare / Copies / Casts (sculpture) / Carving (processes)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Detail of Day, attributed to Giambologna, after Michelangelo. Before 1574. Alabaster, 44.5 by 48.5 by 14.7 cm. (Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Dresden; photograph Hans-Peter Klut; exh. The Sculpture Collection, Dresden).
Attributed works:
8. Day, attributed to Giambologna, after Michelangelo. Before 1574. Alabaster, 44.5 by 48.5 by 14.7 cm. (Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Dresden; photograph Hans-Peter Klut; exh. The Sculpture Collection, Dresden).
Attributed works:
9. Allegory of Francesco I de’Medici, by Giambologna. c.1560–61. Alabaster, 32 by 45.8 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; exh. The Sculpture Collection, Dresden).