Kneeling Man

Artist Giovanni da Bologna (Italian, 1529-1608)

Place of OriginItaly

Dateabout 1579

DimensionsH: 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm); W: 8 in. (20.3 cm); Depth: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)

MediumBronze.

ClassificationSculpture

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

Object number

1958.42

Not on View

DescriptionDark greenish-brown lacquer and natural patina.

Published References"Notable Works of Art," Burlington Magazine, vol. 100, 1958, Supplement 3, pl. XII (by error the bronze is said to be mentioned by Dhanens (Jean Boulogne) who actually refers to the terracotta in the Metropolitan Museum).

The Art Quarterly, vol. 21, 1958, p. 431, repr. p. 434.

Exhibition HistoryDetroit Institute of Arts, Decorative Arts of the Italian Renaissance 1400-1600, 1958, no. 272, repr. p. 129.

Northampton (MA), Smith College Museum of Art, Renaissance Bronzes in American Collections, 1964, no. 21, repr.

University of Notre Dame, Indiana, The Age of Vasari, 1970, no. S 4, repr.

St. Louis, Washington University Gallery of Art, Giambologna's Conception of The Rape of the Sabine Women, Oct. 25-Nov. 14, 1971, no. 17.

State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Venturi, A., Storia dell'Arte Italiana, X, 3, 1937, pl. 622, p. 744, (terracotta of the same subject in the Metropolitan Museum of Art). Cf. Kriegbaum, F., "Zur Florentine Plastik des Cinquecento: Der Bildhauer Giovanni Bologna," Munchner Jahrbuch der Bildenden Kunst, 3 ser., vol. 3-4, 1952-1053, p. 55. Cf. Dhanens, E., Jean Boulogne, Brussels, 1956, no. LI, pp. 232-241, esp. note 2, p. 239, pl. 119-124. Cf. Weihrauch, Hans R., Die Bildwerke in Bronze und in anderen Metallen, Munich, 1956, no. 110, pp. 84-87.