antinoo5:ganymedesrocks:The Arconati Visconti Apollo is quite a uniquely monumental statue, which wa
antinoo5:ganymedesrocks:The Arconati Visconti Apollo is quite a uniquely monumental statue, which was expertly cast in a single pour to its 54 inches (137 cm) total bronze height, dated to the late 16th to early 17th Century. The ‘God of Light’, resplendently modelled in its Classical Contraposto Stance, copied after that Antique tradition designed in the representations Praxiteles gave to his Apollo and Bacchus statuary. This work was first recorded in 1671, in the posthumous inventory of Count Luigi Maria Visconti, scion to one of Lombardy’s most illustrious families. Because it was not recorded in his father’s 1623 estate inventory, it is believed to have been acquired by the Count and was named after him. This does not preclude that the work entered his side of the family by dowry or inheritance via his wife. Galeazzo Arconati Visconti, his uncle, whose daughter he married, was himself known to be an avid collector of bronze sculptures. A cousin of cardinal Federico Borromeo, Galeazzo Arconati Visconti is known for having acquired if not commissioned works from Leonard da Vinci himself. In the 20th century, the art dealer Pietro Accorsi (1891-1982), attributed the work to Giambologna, which @ganymedesrocks, agrees can be unequivocally refuted. This cast, in many of its aspects, seem to relate better to moulds by Primaticcio in Rome in its delicate Italian expressiveness and grace.Courtesy Dimitrios ZikosAve Apollon @ganymedesrocks -- source link
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