The Finding of Moses

Fra Damiano da Bergamo (Damiano di Antoniolo de Zambelli)|Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola

16th century · Wood · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This panel was designed by Jacopo Vignola for the Renaissance historian Francesco Guicciardini (1483–1540). It includes his coat of arms and those of his well-born wife, Maria Salviati. It represents the collaboration between a celebrated designer and a famous craftsman, who specialized in the challenging art of wood inlay.

Artist

Fra Damiano da Bergamo (Damiano di Antoniolo de Zambelli)|Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola

Date

16th century

Medium

Wood

Culture

Italian

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1912