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Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi)

ca. 1510–ca. 1520 · Bronze, with remains of dark brown lacquer · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This bronze is one of four in the Museum's collection by the goldsmith-sculptor Antico, so-named because of his adherence to models of classical antiquity. Here, he adapted the torso of an ancient marble for what may have been a lamp made for one of his foremost patrons, the Gonzaga family of Mantua.

Artist

Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi)

Date

ca. 1510–ca. 1520

Medium

Bronze, with remains of dark brown lacquer

Culture

Italian, Mantua

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982