A Bacchanal of Children
Plaquette
ca. 1500 (made)
ca. 1500 (made)
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This bronze Plaquette showing Pan accompanied by children is by the school and Il Riccio (1470-1532) and made ca 1500 in Padua.
This plaquette forms one side of a triangular inkstand at Berlin. The other two sides are plaquettes with a Triumph of Silenus and an allegory of Destiny or Fame.
The three plaquettes appear to be by the same hand and show the influence of Riccio very clearly.
Riccio (meaning 'Curly-Head') worked primarily in bronze and is acknowledged as the master of the bronze statuette during the late 15th and early 16th centuries. He was active in the humanist circle of the University of Padua, in north-east Italy.
His statuettes, functional objects, like oil lamps, and reliefs reflect Riccio's inimitable ability to express the most refined humanist ideas prevalent in the Veneto in bronze.
He was also a specialist in rendering themes of Classical mythology.
His oeuvre is often neglected because of its small scale, but it constitutes one of the most fascinating manifestations of the poetic paganism of the High Renaissance.
This plaquette forms one side of a triangular inkstand at Berlin. The other two sides are plaquettes with a Triumph of Silenus and an allegory of Destiny or Fame.
The three plaquettes appear to be by the same hand and show the influence of Riccio very clearly.
Riccio (meaning 'Curly-Head') worked primarily in bronze and is acknowledged as the master of the bronze statuette during the late 15th and early 16th centuries. He was active in the humanist circle of the University of Padua, in north-east Italy.
His statuettes, functional objects, like oil lamps, and reliefs reflect Riccio's inimitable ability to express the most refined humanist ideas prevalent in the Veneto in bronze.
He was also a specialist in rendering themes of Classical mythology.
His oeuvre is often neglected because of its small scale, but it constitutes one of the most fascinating manifestations of the poetic paganism of the High Renaissance.
Object details
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| Title | A Bacchanal of Children (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Bronze |
| Brief description | Plaquette in bronze, by the school or Il Riccio, Padua, Italy, ca 1500. |
| Physical description | The plaquette shows to the right Pan seated and playing a fantastic lyre and accompanied on the syrinx by a child; a crowd of children lead a goat to him, on eboy is falling off the goat's back and another bestrides a crawling satyr who is sucking the goat's udder. Double moulded rim above and below, the background minutely punhced. |
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| Object history | Acquired in Dresden. This plaquette forms one side of a triangular inkstand at Berlin. The other two sides are plaquettes with a Triumph of Silenus and an allegory of Destiny or Fame. The three plaquettes appear to be by the same hand and show the influence of Riccio very clearly. |
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| Summary | This bronze Plaquette showing Pan accompanied by children is by the school and Il Riccio (1470-1532) and made ca 1500 in Padua. This plaquette forms one side of a triangular inkstand at Berlin. The other two sides are plaquettes with a Triumph of Silenus and an allegory of Destiny or Fame. The three plaquettes appear to be by the same hand and show the influence of Riccio very clearly. Riccio (meaning 'Curly-Head') worked primarily in bronze and is acknowledged as the master of the bronze statuette during the late 15th and early 16th centuries. He was active in the humanist circle of the University of Padua, in north-east Italy. His statuettes, functional objects, like oil lamps, and reliefs reflect Riccio's inimitable ability to express the most refined humanist ideas prevalent in the Veneto in bronze. He was also a specialist in rendering themes of Classical mythology. His oeuvre is often neglected because of its small scale, but it constitutes one of the most fascinating manifestations of the poetic paganism of the High Renaissance. |
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| Accession number | 4466-1858 |
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| Record created | June 2, 2009 |
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