Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
River God Maquette
Alternate Title:
Dio Fluviale
Image View:
Overall view from the back
Creator:
possibly by Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian , 1475-1564)
Location:
repository: Casa Buonarroti (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) inv. 542
Location Note:
Via Ghibellina 70
GPS:
43.769903 11.263758
Date:
ca. 1525 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance
Work Type 1:
maquette (sculpture)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
wax
Technique:
modeling (forming)
Subjects:
allegory; human figure
Description:
The Casa Buonarroti features a "Models" room; but it is doubtful that most are actually autograph pieces by Michangelo. Some of the small and very rough maquettes (bozzetti) in clay or wax have been cast in bronze.
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-MB-CB-DF1-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

River God Maquette