Baccio Bandinelli

c. 1544

Nicolò della Casa, after Baccio Bandinelli

Associated Names
Nicolò della Casa

Artist, French, active c. 1543 - active 1547

Baccio Bandinelli

Artist After, Florentine, 1488/1493 - 1560

The image shows an elderly man seated, turned slightly sideways with a serious expression. He has a beard, wrinkles on his forehead, and wears a hat and draped robe. He is sculpting a small, detailed nude figure, with another statuette on a platform beside him. In the background, there is a plain wall with a window featuring more small sculptures. The window frame is inscribed with "BACCIO BANDINELLI FLO".

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.5 × 21.8 cm (11 5/8 × 8 9/16 in.) [trimmed within platemark]

  • Accession Number

    2013.13.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil 1967, no. 2, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Griffith (L. 1464). François Heugel (L. 3373). (Paul Prouté, Paris); purchased 2012 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur francais, ou catalogue raisonne des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole francaise, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris: F. deNobe, 1967. no. 2.

2014

  • Heikamp, Detlev, and Beatrice Paolozzi Strozzi. Baccio Bandinelli. Scultore e maestro (1493 - 1560). Florence, 2014: no. 75.

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: BACCIO BANDINEL / FLOR .S.; lower right in plate: N.D. LA. / CASA. F.; by later hand, verso upper left, in brown ink: L 584. Port of Bac Bandinellei / by Nic della Casa; by later hand, verso lower center, in brown ink: MM3

Markings

stamp: verso lower left in black ink, L. 1464 [John Griffith]; stamp: verso lower right, in black, L. 3373 [François Heugel]

Wikidata ID

Q76561502

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