Entombment of Christ
Sculptures
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Rearing Lion
| Artist | |
|---|---|
| Culture | Italian |
| Date | mid-17th century |
| Object type | sculpture |
| Medium, technique | bronze |
| Dimensions | 20 × 24 × 11.5 cm, 3 kg |
| Inventory number | 5317 |
| Collection | Sculptures |
| On view | Museum of Fine Arts, Second Floor, European Sculpture 1350-1800, Gallery 2 |
The Budapest bronze statuette was originally a part of a group depicting a lion attacking a horse. Only the lion has survived. Caspar Gras, a sculptor working at the Innsbruck court of the Habsburgs, modelled his statuette on the lions featuring on fifteenth-century Florentine templates and engravings. He then enhanced the Italianising effect by giving the small bronze a golden-brown patina typical of Florentine art. He may well have learnt the technique by observing the procedure applied to the bronzes of the Habsburg family collection.
References
Petrovics, Elek – Meller, Simon, Ferenczy István bronzgyűjteményének kiállítása, Országos Magyar Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1917, p. 15.
Balogh, Jolán, Katalog der ausländischen Bildwerke des Museums der bildenden Künste in Budapest, IV – XVIII. Jahrhundert: 1. Textband Bd. 1, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1975, p. 139-140., no. 175.
Szmodisné Eszláry, Éva, A Régi Szoborgyűjtemény kincsei, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1994, p. 27, ill. 17.
Szmodisné Eszláry, Éva, The treasures of the Old Sculpture collection, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1994, p. 27.
This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.
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