Thursday, November 10, 2016

European Bronzes

Andrea del Verrocchio
Doubting Thomas
1476-83
bronze
Orsanmichele, Florence

Luigi Valadier
Herm of Bacchus
1773-74
bronze, alabaster
Galleria Borghese, Rome

Antoine Coysevox
Bust-portrait of Louis XIV
ca. 1686
bronze
Wallace Collection, London

Johann Gregor van der Schardt
Mercury
1570s
bronze
Getty Museum, Los Angeles

The four statues above  Verrochio's holy niche-group, Valadier's pagan Herm, Coysevox's windswept Sun-King, and van der Schardt's suave Mercury  are the only large-scale works among the bronzes gathered here. Those below were made to fit on furniture-tops and mantels.

Adriaen de Vries
Nessus abducting Dejanira
early 17th century
bronze
Rijksmuseum

Antico
Bust of a man
16th century
bronze
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Pietro Calvi
Aida
1870s
bronze
Wadsworth Atheneum

attributed to Willem van Tetrode
Striding Warrior
ca. 1562-67
bronze
Rijksmuseum

attributed to Willem van Tetrode
Mercury
ca. 1560-75
bronze
Rijksmuseum

Hendrik de Keyser the Elder
Mercury
1611
bronze
Rijksmuseum

attributed to Taddeo Landini
Salt cellar depicting youth against sea monster
ca. 1590
bronze
Rijksmuseum

Antonio Susini
Reduced Copy of the Farnese Bull
1613
bronze
Galleria Borghese, Rome

Edward Thomason
The God of Day
Medal commemorating Parthenon Sculptures
1820
bronze
British Museum

Edward Thomason
Hyperion
Medal commemorating Parthenon Sculptures
1820
bronze
British Museum