Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Moses and the Brazen Serpent
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Moses and the Brazen Serpent
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Image View:
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Detail, group of writhing bodies at left
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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)
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Location Note:
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Via del Proconsolo 4
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GPS:
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+43.770372+11.25835
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Date:
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1559 (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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relief (sculpture)
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Work Type 2:
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bas-relief (sculpture)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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bronze
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Technique:
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casting (process)
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Measurements:
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82 cm (height) x 172 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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Old Testament and Apocrypha; Moses (Biblical leader)
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Description:
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While establishing his reputation as a sculptor in marble, Danti continued to work in bronze. The large relief of Moses and the Brazen Serpent, cast in two parts, was completed in late 1559 and may have been associated with the decorations of the Palazzo Vecchio, or with a failed project to make bronze reliefs a part of Bandinelli’s choir in Florence Cathedral. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-DANTI-MBS-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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