Mercury Teaching Cupid (Fragment)
ca. 1520 | Pier Jacopo Alari de Bonacolsi, gen. Antico
Pier Jacopo Alari de Bonacolsi signed his perfect imitations of classical sculptures “Antico.” He was the first to develop an ingenious technique for the serial production of small bronzes as objets d’art. Another sculptor active in Upper Italy signed his plaquettes with the pseudonym “Moderno”. He combined classical motifs with Christian subjects, in order to “modernize” them for contemporary taste.
Pier Jacopo Alari de Bonacolsi signed his perfect imitations of classical sculptures “Antico.” He was the first to develop an ingenious technique for the serial production of small bronzes as objets d’art. Another sculptor active in Upper Italy signed his plaquettes with the pseudonym “Moderno”. He combined classical motifs with Christian subjects, in order to “modernize” them for contemporary taste.
Artist:
Pier Jacopo Alari de Bonacolsi, gen. Antico (um 1460 Mantua - 1528 Gazzuolo) DNB
Time:
ca. 1520
Object Name
Statuette; bronze sculpture
Culture
Mantua
Material/technology:
Partially gilded bronze
Dimensions:
H. 37 cm (mit Basis 40,5 cm)
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 5525
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