Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Sportello (Safe Door) for Cosimo I
Alternate Title:
Augusto brucia i libri sibillini, Figure allegoriche
Image View:
Detail, upper central panel with allegorical figures
Creator:
Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany (Italian patron, 1519-1574); Vincenzo Danti (Italian sculptor, 1530-1576)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 440 B
Location Note:
Via del Proconsolo 4
GPS:
43.770372 11.25835
Date:
1559-1560 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style)
Work Type 1:
relief (sculpture)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
bronze
Technique:
casting (process)
Measurements:
90 cm (height) x 65.5 cm (width)
Subjects:
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
Description:
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.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-DANTI-SDC-A04
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Sportello (Safe Door) for Cosimo I