Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Sportello (Safe Door) for Cosimo I
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Sportello (Safe Door) for Cosimo I
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Alternate Title:
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Augusto brucia i libri sibillini, Figure allegoriche
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Image View:
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Overall view from front
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Creator:
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Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany (Italian patron, 1519-1574); Vincenzo Danti (Italian sculptor, 1530-1576)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 440 B
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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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1559-1560 (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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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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90 cm (height) x 65.5 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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allegory; mythology (Classical); rulers and leaders; Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.; Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574; sibyls; worship; oracles
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Description:
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In 1560 Danti cast the safe door for the personal quarters of Cosimo I as part of Vasari’s continuing transformation of the Palazzo Vecchio. The relief consists almost entirely of framing elements. Its central scene shows Augustus burning the Sibylline Books and is surrounded by allegorical figures. (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-SDC-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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