Onofrio Panvinio

Girolamo Campagna

early 1570s · Bronze, iron (hook at back of neck) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The subject, identified by the inscription beneath his cowl, was presumably the theologian Hieronymus Onuphrius who wrote De Paenitentia virtute (Venice, 1616) and Aureae disputationes de anima (Venice, 1619). The head was probably in a niche, affixed by the iron strap protruding from the back.

Artist

Girolamo Campagna

Date

early 1570s

Medium

Bronze, iron (hook at back of neck)

Culture

Italian, possibly Verona and Venice

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1991