Fortitude
Statuette
18th century (made)
18th century (made)
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This is a bronze statuette made in Venice in the style of Tiziano Aspetti, probably in the 18th century. Tiziano Aspetti (ca. 1559-1606) was a gifted sculptor in working bronze. He was the leading sculptor in Venice after Girolamo Campagna at the end of the 16th century. Aspetti worked primarily in Venice, mainly for Giovanni Grimani, a distinguished patron with a fine collection of antique sculpture. Fortitude may have been cast as late as the 18th century, but it reflects Aspetti’s characteristic style, with its small head and elongated figure.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Fortitude (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Bronze. Quaternary alloy, low zinc, with antimony. |
| Brief description | Statuette, bronze, Fortitude, style of Tiziano Aspetti, Italian (Venice), possibly 18th century |
| Physical description | Female figure breaking a column in half. |
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| Credit line | Purchased through the John Webb Trust |
| Object history | Bought from Julius Goldschmidt, London, with the Webb Trust for £215, in 1958. |
| Production | Formerly attributed to Tiziano Aspetti (1565-1607). Possibly 18th century. |
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| Summary | This is a bronze statuette made in Venice in the style of Tiziano Aspetti, probably in the 18th century. Tiziano Aspetti (ca. 1559-1606) was a gifted sculptor in working bronze. He was the leading sculptor in Venice after Girolamo Campagna at the end of the 16th century. Aspetti worked primarily in Venice, mainly for Giovanni Grimani, a distinguished patron with a fine collection of antique sculpture. Fortitude may have been cast as late as the 18th century, but it reflects Aspetti’s characteristic style, with its small head and elongated figure. |
| Bibliographic reference | Motture, Peta. “The Production of Firedogs in Renaissance Venice”, in: Motture, Peta (ed.), Large Bronzes in the Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003, p.299 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.22-1958 |
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| Record created | January 15, 2004 |
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