MAKE A MEME View Large Image Alessandro Vittoria - Bust of Marino Grimani - Walters 27225.jpg Alessandro Vittoria was the leading sculptor of Venice during the late 16th century He was particularly famous for his elegant portrait busts of Venetian dignitaries carved in ...
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Keywords: Alessandro Vittoria - Bust of Marino Grimani - Walters 27225.jpg Alessandro Vittoria was the leading sculptor of Venice during the late 16th century He was particularly famous for his elegant portrait busts of Venetian dignitaries carved in the ancient style His marble bust of Marino Grimani elected doge head of the Venetian Republic in 1595 is now in the Palazzo Venezia Rome This terracotta was apparently produced in the workshop to fill the demand for other versions; doges often needed multiple less expensive versions of official portraits Though the modeling is somewhat simplified it conveys the artist's style With a toga over a tunic of Venetian brocade Marino Grimani has chosen to be represented as a modern version of an imperial Roman official The dark coloring of the terracotta is intended to make it resemble bronze after 1595 late Renaissance terracotta with paint cm 70 96 53 02 accession number 27 225 37423 Count Gregoire Stroganoff Grigorii Sergeevich Stroganov Rome prior to 1911 by purchase cat 98 Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Venice Italy Walters Art Museum license Mannerist art in the Walters Art Museum Mannerist busts in the United States Alessandro Vittoria Marino Grimani Terracotta busts in the United States Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update 1590s sculptures Stroganoff collection of Western art
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