Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Honour Triumphant over Falsehood
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Honour Triumphant over Falsehood
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Alternate Title:
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Honor Triumphant over Falsehood
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Image View:
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Detail, torso and arm of Honour suppressing Falsehood, from the back right side
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Creator:
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Vincenzo Danti (Italian sculptor, 1530-1576)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 3 S
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Location Note:
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Via del Proconsolo, 4
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GPS:
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+43.770423+11.257947
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Date:
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1561 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style)
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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sculpture
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Material:
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marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurements:
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187 cm (height)
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Description:
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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.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-DVI-MB-HTD-A06
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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