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Mercury

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Even specialists often find it hard to attribute and precisely date small bronze sculptures. A superb example exhibited here is the gaunt old crone with the snake coiled around her arm. She is a fury, or a personification of envy that gnaws away at itself. Makers mentioned include the great Cellini and the unknown Mattielli. And that’s a difference of about 200 years., Ook specialisten hebben vaak de grootste moeite kleine bronssculpturen toe te schrijven en nauwkeurig te dateren. Het enge uitgeteerde wijf met de slang om haar arm in deze vitrine, een furie of een personificatie van de zichzelf verterende afgunst, is daar een prachtig voorbeeld van. Onder andere de grote Cellini en de onbekende Mattielli zijn als haar makers genoemd - en dat scheelt dan ook nog eens een kleine tweehonderd jaar.

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Title Mercury
Material and technique Bronze, lacquer over patina
Object type
Sculpture > Three-dimensional object > Art object
Location This object is in storage
Dimensions Height 33 cm
Depth 12 cm
Width 16 cm
Artists Maker: Anoniem
Circle of: Tiziano Aspetti
Previously attributed: Andrea Briosco
Previously attributed: Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Previously attributed: Andrea del Verrocchio
Accession number BEK 1110 (OK)
Credits Acquired with the collection of D.G. Van Beuningen, 1958
Department Old Masters
Acquisition date 1958
Creation date in circa 1590
Collector Collector / D.G. van Beuningen
Internal exhibitions Brons Hout Steen. Zeven eeuwen sculptuur in het Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen (1994)
The Collection Enriched (2011)
Material
Object
Geographical origin Italy > Southern Europe > Europe
Place of manufacture Padua > Veneto region > Italy > Southern Europe > Europe

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