Saturn Devouring One of His Sons
perhaps cast c. 1615 in Paris from a model made in Florence or Genoa c. 1585
Pietro Francavilla
Artist, French, 1546/47 - 1615
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Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
height: 47.9 cm (18 7/8 in.)
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Accession
2022.181.24
Artwork history & notes
Bibliography
2004
Radcliffe, Anthony and Nicholas Penny. Art of the Renaissance Bronze, 1500-1650. London, 2004: 122, 148-153, repro. no. 24.
Inscriptions
French Royal Inventory Number engraved on the body of the marine goat wound round the supporting stump: N-284
painted in minute white letters below the trunk of the tree: 481-356