Young Couple
ca. 1505/10 | Tullio Lombardo
The relief is one of the most beautiful sculptures of the Venetian Renaissance and a major work by Tullio Lombardo, the leading sculptor of the city. He thereby invented a new genre of functionless art expressly for private collectors, who were principally interested in antiquities and paintings: idealized portraits of dreamy figures in an antique style and with the format of an easel painting.
The relief is one of the most beautiful sculptures of the Venetian Renaissance and a major work by Tullio Lombardo, the leading sculptor of the city. He thereby invented a new genre of functionless art expressly for private collectors, who were principally interested in antiquities and paintings: idealized portraits of dreamy figures in an antique style and with the format of an easel painting.
Artist:
Tullio Lombardo (nachweisbar Venedig 1475 - 1532 Venedig) DNB
Time:
ca. 1505/10
Object Name
relief; stone sculpture
Culture
Venice
Material/technology:
Marble, traces of paint
Dimensions:
H. 56 cm, B. 71 cm, T. 20 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 7471