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Equestrian Monument to Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Giambologna
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/133023
Date
1587-1593
Description
Detail of ornamental plate; Having achieved by the 1580s a complete mastery of the human form, Giambologna turned to the subject that had fascinated the ancient Greeks and Romans almost as much, the horse. He addressed the subject with a scientific approach derived from anatomical dissections culminating in a large bronze model of a Flayed Horse (U. Edinburgh, Talbot Rice Gal., Torrie Col.). This enabled him to create his masterpiece in bronze, the equestrian statue of Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1587-1593; Florence, Piazza della Signoria). It was an immediate success and was replicated on the much reduced scale of statuettes, with a variety of different riders. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 12/23/2007)
Type of Work
sculpture (visual work)
Subject
animals, portraits, rulers and leaders, Medici family, Baroque
Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
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