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Dancing Boy

Statuette
1550-1600 (made)
Artist/Maker
Witte, Elias De (sculptor)
Place of origin
Florence (made)

This bronze statuette of a dancing boy is ascribed to Elias de Witte, also called Elia Candido, who was active in Florence around 1570.


Object details

Categories
Bronze
Sculpture
Object type
Statuette
TitleDancing Boy (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Statuette, bronze, a dancing boy, ascribed to Elias de Witte (Elia Candido), Italian (Florence), second half of 16th century
Dimensions
  • Whole weight: 0.68kg
Object history
Purchased by the John Webb Trust.
Subject depicted
Boy
Summary
This bronze statuette of a dancing boy is ascribed to Elias de Witte, also called Elia Candido, who was active in Florence around 1570.
Bibliographic references
  • Penny, Nicholas. Catalogue of European Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum. 1540 to the Present-Day, Vol I Italian, Oxford, 1992, p. 22
  • Avery, Charles. Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes in the Frick Art Museum, Pittsburgh, 1993, cat. no. 27, pp. 98, 99
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.78-1951

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O314336/dancing-boy-statuette-witte-elias-de/
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