Sculpture "Medici Lion" (c. 1588), bonded bronze version
Sculpture "Medici Lion" (c. 1588), bonded bronze version
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replica | bonded bronze | handmade | total height 20 cm
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Sculpture "Medici Lion" (c. 1588), bonded bronze version
The lion seems to stride majestically down from its pedestal - an incomparable showpiece full of dynamic liveliness. Giambologna, Florence, 16th century. Commissioned work for the House of Medici. Original: Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence.
Edition in polymer bonded bronze with hand-bronzed surface. Height with pedestal 20 cm.
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Sehr schöne Skulptur, fein verarbeitet und angemessen verpackt. Der Preis ist angemessen... für einen Medici klar.
About Giovanni da Bologna
1524-1608
Giovanni da Bologna, known as Giambologna, was Michelangelo's master-class student and the main representative of Mannerism during the transition between the Renaissance and the early Baroque.
His art represents a fusion of indigenous, Michelangelesque, and antique influences. In addition to large bronze and marble sculptures, statuettes form an essential part of his œuvre.
From 1544 to 1550, he was a student of Jacques Dubroeucq in Mons, Belgium. Many of the later important masters, some from Germany and his home Italy (Hans Reichel, Hubert Gerhard, Adriaen de Vries, Pierre Franqueville, Pietro Tacca and others), studied in his workshop. The artist settled in Florence and soon became the Medici's court sculptor.
Throughout Europe, the high nobility fought over owning works by him. It is unique how many works he produced in his studio. The Pope awarded him the Order of Christ, and the Emperor himself raised him to the nobility. Until his death in 1608, Bologna was in the service of the Medici in Florence.
Bronze powder is polymer-bonded. Special polishing and patination techniques give the surface of the casting an appearance similar to the bronze.
(Rebirth). The term describing art from around 1350 until the 16th century.
A mindset that developed in Florence in the late 14th century that was retrospectively classified as rebirth of the classical ideals of Greek and Roman antiquity. During the 15th and 16th centuries, the Renaissance spread first over Italy and then all over Western Europe and determined the entire artistic creation. Brilliant artists such as Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Dürer, Holbein, Cranach and Fouquet created their immortal works by following the humanistic premises and placing the human being in the centre of all thinking.
Renaissance experienced its heyday in literature through dramatic works and poems of William Shakespeare.
At the end of the 16th century, the Renaissance had to give way to the opulence of baroque, before its ideas experienced a rebirth in the classicism of the 18th century.
A true-to-the-original reproduction of an artwork in the same size and with the best possible material and colour uniformity.
The mould is usually taken directly from the original so that the replication reproduces even the finest details. After casting the replication, using the most appropriate method, the surface is polished, patinated, gilded or painted according to the original.
A replication of ars mundi is a recognizable copy of the original.
A plastic work of sculptural art made of wood, stone, ivory, bronze or other metals.
While sculptures from wood, ivory or stone are made directly from the block of material, in bronze casting a working model is prepared at first. Usually, it is made of clay or other easily mouldable materials.
The prime time of sculpture after the Greek and Roman antiquity was the Renaissance. Impressionism gave a new impulse to the sculptural arts. Contemporary artists such as Jorg Immendorf, Andora, and Markus Lupertz also enriched sculptures with outstanding works.