The Florentine Boar
Statuette
ca. 1580-1650 (made)
ca. 1580-1650 (made)
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Bronzes often exist in a number of versions, made over many decades or even centuries. This is achieved through a variety of means, such as changes in the wax, new moulds taken from an existing bronze or the reuse of the existing model. This figure of a boar and inv.no. A.1-1960 look almost identical. This figure is a fine, hollow cast, probably from the workshop of Antonio Susini, one of Giambologna’s most skilled assistants. The other (inv.no. A.1-1960), however, is an ‘aftercast’, so called because it was cast from a mould taken from an existing bronze. The cast is solid and on the base are the outlines of the original hollow cast from which it was taken.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Bronze |
| Brief description | Statuette, bronze, The Florentine boar, probably by the workshop of Antonio Susini and Giovan Francesco Susini, Florence, late 16th or early 17th century |
| Physical description | Figure in bronze of the Florentine Boar. The boar, open-mouthed, is half raising on his fore feet, his left haunch still resting on the ground. Imitated from the antique bronze figure formerly in the Mercato Vecchio. Clear brown patina. On a wooden base. |
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| Credit line | Salting Bequest |
| Object history | From the Salting Bequest. |
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| Summary | Bronzes often exist in a number of versions, made over many decades or even centuries. This is achieved through a variety of means, such as changes in the wax, new moulds taken from an existing bronze or the reuse of the existing model. This figure of a boar and inv.no. A.1-1960 look almost identical. This figure is a fine, hollow cast, probably from the workshop of Antonio Susini, one of Giambologna’s most skilled assistants. The other (inv.no. A.1-1960), however, is an ‘aftercast’, so called because it was cast from a mould taken from an existing bronze. The cast is solid and on the base are the outlines of the original hollow cast from which it was taken. |
| Associated object | A.1-1960 (Aftercast) |
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| Accession number | A.153-1910 |
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| Record created | January 6, 2004 |
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