Architecture

Artist Giovanni da Bologna (Italian, 1529-1608)

Place of OriginItaly

Date1570-1580

DimensionsH: 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm)

MediumBronze

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1958.43

Not on View

DescriptionBlack-brown patina

Published ReferencesToledo Museum News, Summer 1960, New Series: vol. 3, no. 3, p. 56, repr.

Zafran, Eric M., "Charles Antoine Coypel's Painting Ejecting Thalia," Apollo, vol. CXI, no. 218, April, 1980, pp. 281, 287, no. 28, repr. fig. 3.

Goldthwaite, Richard A., The Building of Renaissance Florence, Baltimore, 1980, repr. p. 395.

Exhibition HistoryCleveland Museum of Art, Renaissance Bronzes from Ohio Collections, 1975, no. 150.

Tulsa, Philbrook Art Center, Gloria dell'Arte: A Renaissance Perspective, 1979, no. 55.

St. Petersburg, FL, Museum of Fine Arts; Louisville, J.B. Speed Art Museum, The Bronze Figure in Italy, 1981, no. 17, repr.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Kriegbaum, F., "Der Bildhauer Giovanni Bologna," MUNCHER JAHRBUCH, 3, Folge, BD, III/IV, 1952/53, S. 54. Cf. Dhanens, E., Jean Boulogne, Brussels, 1956, pl. 54, no. XXIV, pp. 162-165. Cf. Von Bode, Wilhelm, Bronzestatuetten, vol. III, pl. CXCIII. Cf. Hannema, Dr. D., Catalogue of the Van Beuningen Collection, Rotterdam, 1949, nr. 175, pl. 237. Cf. Weihrauch, Dr. Hans, "Die Architektur," DIE KUNST UND DAS SCHÖNE HEIM, May 1958, pp. 292-295, repr. (publication of another specimen of the same subject).