Boy with a Goose
ca. 1515/20 | Andrea Briosco, gen. Riccio
Although the Greek original of the “Boy Strangling a Goose” is now lost, a number of Roman marble copies and Pliny’s description of it have survived. Riccio was interested in the genre-like motif of this famous sculpture, its lifelikeness and the several views it offers to the onlooker. His virtuoso miniature version is a deliberate attempt to rival the classical masters.
Although the Greek original of the “Boy Strangling a Goose” is now lost, a number of Roman marble copies and Pliny’s description of it have survived. Riccio was interested in the genre-like motif of this famous sculpture, its lifelikeness and the several views it offers to the onlooker. His virtuoso miniature version is a deliberate attempt to rival the classical masters.
Artist:
Andrea Briosco, gen. Riccio (1470 Trient (?) - 1532 Padua) DNB
Time:
ca. 1515/20
Object Name
Statuette; bronze sculpture
Culture
Padua
Material/technology:
Bronze
Dimensions:
19,6 cm × 13 cm × 19 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 5518