Bronze

Masterpieces of the Collection of Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Whether this grotesque aeolipile (literally, 'ball of Aeolus') was simply a household item used like bellows for the fire or featured in experiments
Püsterich
The exotic fascination of this flagon evokes several differing associations. It is a utensil in the form of a daemonic animal, an upright sitting bird
Werkstatt: Roger von Helmarshausen
Aquamanile in Gestalt eines Greifen
This bronze tondo depicts the Virgin Mary sitting on the ground in the manner of a madonna dellumiltà. She venerates the infant Jesus who rests in her
Zugeschrieben an: Francesco di Simone Ferrucci
Madonna mit dem Kinde
The expression of grief that characterises the mourners on this relief would be hard to surpass. The still unknown artist based this representation of
Umkreis: Andrea Mantegna
Grablegung Christi
With the help of Pallas Athene, Bellerophon succeeded in taming Pegasus, the winged horse who served Zeus and who had sprung from the body of Medusa
Adriano Fiorentino (eigentlich: Adriano di Giovanni de' Maestri)
Bellerophon bändigt Pegasus
The statuette is a free reworking of an antique marble sculpture found in Rome in the late 15th century and placed in the Belvedere Court at the
Pier Jacopo Alari-Bonacolsi, gen. Antico
Venus felix
Riccio frequented the learned circles around the University of Padua. This is the reason why his work is so strongly influenced by ideas of
Andrea Briosco, gen. Riccio
Trinkender Satyr
The allegory of spring is one of the four supporting figures representing the seasons which were part of a three meters high silver fountain
Johann Gregor van der Schardt
Allegorie des Frühlings
The young woman depicted in the statuette is an allegory of Astronomy, as the attributes of a prism, armillary sphere, spirit level, ruler, compasses
Giovanni Bologna, gen. Giambologna
Venus Urania oder Allegorie der Astronomie
Mercury is shown here in flight - in other words, Giambologna was abandoning the laws of statics that governed sculpture to move into a type of image
Giovanni Bologna, gen. Giambologna
Merkur
In this composition it is not a historical topic which is being shown - what Bologna was interested in was simply the formal problem of a multi-figure
Giovanni Bologna, gen. Giambologna
Zweifigurige Raptusgruppe
The striking figure of the bust rises from a based shaped as an eagle and two naked human supporting figures, presumably Hercules and Minerva. It
Leone Leoni
Büste Kaiser Karls V.
Hier weiterblättern zur nächsten/vorherigen Seite
Page 1 of 2
Print version