Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Dying Adonis
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Dying Adonis
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Alternate Title:
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Adone Morente
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Image View:
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Detail, head, arm and torso
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Creator:
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Vincenzo di Raffaello de' Rossi (Italian sculptor, 1525-1587)
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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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+43.770423+11.257947
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Date:
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ca. 1565-1570 (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); Sixteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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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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Subjects:
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animal; mythology (Classical); Medici family; boar
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Description:
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Depicts the mythological hunter Adonis, who was mortally wounded during the hunt by a boar (the boar is shown coming out from under Adonis' legs.) The sculpture was commissioned by Isabella de 'Medici for the grounds of Villa Baroncelli in Florence. The sculpture was held in high esteem and was even considered in the mid-17th century to be a work of Michelangelo. This is the finished marble, a terracotta version (1560, considered to be the model) is in the Bode-Museum, Berlin. (Source: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SMB Digital Database [website]; http://www.smb-digital.de/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-ROSSIV-MB-DA-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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