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DiaporamaThe Rape of a Sabine Woman
1583
59.0 x 22.0 cm
Giambologna (1529 – 1608)
Giambologna (1529-1608) was a leading Mannerist sculptor of the Italian Renaissance, renowned for dynamic bronze & marble works like Mercury and The Rape of the Sabines. Explore his influence on Baroque art & Medici commissions.
One of the most influential European sculptors of the late sixteenth century, Giovanni da Bologna trained in his native Flanders before traveling to Rome in around 1550. On his way home to Flanders, he stopped in Florence, where he remained for the rest of his life, creating monumental marble sculptures and small bronze statuettes depicting mythological, allegorical, genre, and animal subjects. The easy portability and tactile appeal of the small statuettes helped to spread his reputation and influence throughout Europe.The Art Museum’s bronze is a reduction of Giambologna’s monumental marble in Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence, which he created, in the words of a contemporary, “solely to prove his excellence in his art.” The arrangement of the figures exemplifies the aesthetic ideals of sixteenth-century Mannerism, such as the
About this artwork
- Title: The Rape of a Sabine Woman
- Artist: Giambologna
- Year: 1583
- Original dimensions: 59.0 x 22.0 cm
- Format: Tall
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Color palette: Neutrals
- Color intensity: Monochromatic
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