Giovanni Bologna

Giambologna
Boulogne, Jean
Bologna, Giovanni da

Flemish, 1529 - 1608

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Giovanni Bologna, Christ Crucified, probably before 1588, bronze, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Gaines in memory of Clarence F. and Amelia R. Gaines, and Gloria Gaines, and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.16.1

Christ Crucified

Giovanni Bologna · probably before 1588 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1991.16.1

Giovanni Bologna, Birdcatcher or Fowler, late 16th century, bronze, Gift of Robert H. Smith/Robert H. Smith Collection, 2022.181.25

Birdcatcher or Fowler

Giovanni Bologna · late 16th century · bronze ·  Accession ID  2022.181.25

A nude, muscular man with wings on his ankles balances on the toes of one foot as the other leg and one arm raise up, creating a spiral that moves from the toes of his weight-bearing foot to the top of his opposite, raised hand in this freestanding bronze sculpture. In this photograph, his body is angled to our left and he looks off over his right shoulder, farther from us, so we see his face in profile. He wears a smooth, dish-like helmet with wings to each side over short, curly hair. He has a long, straight nose, and his lips are parted. His right arm, farther from us, reaches high into the air with his index finger pointing upward. He holds a scepter tucked near his side with his other hand, closer to us. The staff is as tall as the man’s torso, and has two snakes entwined up its length with wings at the top. His right leg is raised behind him as he leans a bit forward over the other toes, which balance on a narrow wedge. The wedge is held in the mouth of a human head tipped back so it rests on the disk-like base.
Anonymous Artist, Mercury, c. 1780/c. 1850, bronze, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1937.1.131

Mercury

Anonymous Artist · c. 1780/c. 1850 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1937.1.131

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Hercules Killiing the Hydra [plate CLXIII]

Louis Desplaces · 1704-1742 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2015.142.2.2.103

Giovanni Francesco Susini, Lion, second quarter 17th century, bronze, Gift of Robert H. Smith/Robert H. Smith Collection, 2022.181.33

Lion

Giovanni Francesco Susini · second quarter 17th century · bronze ·  Accession ID  2022.181.33

Giovanni Francesco Susini, Mars, second quarter 17th century, bronze, Gift of Robert H. Smith/Robert H. Smith Collection, 2022.181.34

Mars

Giovanni Francesco Susini · second quarter 17th century · bronze ·  Accession ID  2022.181.34

Florentine 17th Century, Hercules and Lichas, first half 17th century, bronze, Gift of Robert H. Smith/Robert H. Smith Collection, 2022.181.35

Hercules and Lichas

Florentine 17th Century · first half 17th century · bronze ·  Accession ID  2022.181.35

Andrea Andreani, The Rape of a Sabine, 1584, chiaroscuro woodcut in light brown-green, Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection), 1980.14.4

The Rape of a Sabine

Andrea Andreani · 1584 · chiaroscuro woodcut in light brown-green ·  Accession ID  1980.14.4

Antonio Susini, Sleeping Nymph with Satyr, late 16th or early 17th century, bronze, Gift of Robert H. Smith/Robert H. Smith Collection, 2022.181.32

Sleeping Nymph with Satyr

Antonio Susini · late 16th or early 17th century · bronze ·  Accession ID  2022.181.32

A nearly nude woman wrings out her long hair as a young boy peeks around one hip in this free-standing bronze fountain. In this photograph, the woman's hips and shoulders are squared toward us. Her face turns to our left, and she looks down in that direction so we see her in profile. She gathers her curly hair in a long tress and wrings it with both hands. Her right leg, to our left, is straight, and her other knee is bent so that foot rests on a stylized fish. Cloth drapes over the top of the bent thigh to cover her groin and falls between her legs to her ankles. The fish faces us with its mouth open and two canine-like teeth flanking a hole where water would have spouted. The child gazes around her left hip, to our right, so his eyes, snub nose, and one round cheek angle into view. He has a pile of short curls atop his head, and he holds out a conch shell with one hand. His feet straddle the woman’s in a wider stance so his left foot, to our right, rests with hers over the fish. The patina of the sculpture's polished bronze surface has turned minty green in some areas, especially on the back of the woman’s head, her arms, hands, along her left side, over the bent thigh, and the shell the boy holds. Other areas are darker gray. The pair stand on a piece of flat metal, which is on an off-white, stone pedestal against a light gray background.
Italian 16th Century, Venus and Cupid, c. 1575/1580, bronze, Gift of John and Henrietta Goelet, in memory of Thomas Goelet, and Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1991.242.1

Venus and Cupid

Italian 16th Century · c. 1575/1580 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1991.242.1