Tag: bronze

Caino e Abele (Porta del Paradiso)

Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455) Caino e Abele (Cain and Abel) 1425–1452 Gilt bronze Battistero di San Giovanni, Firenze This is the second panel of the Gates of Paradise, with the story of Cain and Abel. See also: Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455) Porta del Paradiso 1425–1452…

Adamo ed Eva (Porta del Paradiso)

Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455) Adamo ed Eva (Adam and Eve) 1425–1452 Gilt bronze Battistero di San Giovanni, Firenze This is the first panel of the Gates of Paradise, with the story of Adam and Eve. See also: Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455) Porta del Paradiso 1425–1452…

Porta del Paradiso (1425-1452)

Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455) Porta del Paradiso (Gates of Paradise) 1425–1452 Gilt bronze, 599 × 462 × 245 cm Battistero di San Giovanni, Firenze Damaged during the flood of Florence, the original panels, after having been restored, are kept in the…

Ritratto di un collezionista (c.1523)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Ritratto di un collezionista (Portrait of a Collector) c.1523 Oil on wood, 89.5 x 63.8 cm National Gallery, London When listed in the inventory of Ranuccio Farnese in 1587 this picture was titled Portrait of a Priest, but there…

Eve, après la faute (1881)

Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Eve, après la faute (Eve, After the Fall) 1881 (cast executed 1913) Bronze, 172.72 x 53.34 x 63.5 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Auguste Rodin was deeply inspired by tradition, yet rebelled against idealized forms. He introduced…

Deux femmes (c.1908)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Deux femmes (Two Women) c.1908 Bronze, 45.7 x 25.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Matisse based this sculpture on a photograph of two women embracing, but translated it into a more compact, three-dimensional composition by fusing their…

L’Implorante (1898)

Claudel, Camille (1864-1943) L’Implorante (The Implorer) modeled 1898, cast c.1905 Bronze, 27.9 × 36.8 × 21.3 cm, 5.3 kg Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Camille Claudel, Rodin’s most brilliant student, was consumed by her twelve-year affair with the sculptor. In…