Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Honour Triumphant over Falsehood
Alternate Title:
Honor Triumphant over Falsehood
Image View:
Overall view from the front of figure of Honour
Creator:
Vincenzo Danti (Italian sculptor, 1530-1576)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 3 S
Location Note:
Via del Proconsolo, 4
GPS:
43.770423 11.257947
Date:
1561 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
187 cm (height)
Description:
Vincenzo Danti was a goldsmith from Perugia and known more for work in bronze. He may also have been associated with Baccio Bandinelli during his first years in Florence, which would have given him the opportunity to learn to carve marble. Danti carved his group Honour Triumphant over Falsehood for Cosimo I de’ Medici’s chamberlain, the fellow Perugian Sforza Almeni. This is one of the finest works of 16th-century Italian sculpture and Danti’s best work in marble. It is fully in the round and meant to be viewed from all angles. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-DVI-MB-HTD-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Honour Triumphant over Falsehood