RICCIO, Andrea
(b. 1470, Trento, d. 1532, Padova)

Glorification of a Hero

1510-15
Bronze plaquette
Museo Correr, Venice

Andrea Riccio worked in terracotta and bronze, mostly on the small scale of statuettes, plaquettes and elegant domestic items such as inkstands and oil lamps. Usually regarded as the greatest exponent of this kind of work, he was a specialist in rendering themes of Classical mythology to the satisfaction of the erudite humanist professors of Padua University.




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