The Florentine Boar
Statuette
ca. 1850-1925 (cast)
ca. 1850-1925 (cast)
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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 together with inv. no. A.153-1910 look almost identical. One is a fine, hollow cast (inv. no. A.153-1910), probably from the workshop of Antonio Susini, one of Giambologna’s most skilled assistants. This figure, 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 | Cast bronze |
| Brief description | Statuette, bronze, of the Florentine boar, after Antonio Susini, Italian, second half of the 19th or early 20th century |
| Physical description | Boar resting on its hind legs. Signed under the belly: (A)NT.SUSINI.F. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '(A)NT.SUSINI.F.' (Under the belly) |
| Credit line | Given by Dr W. L. Hildburgh FSA |
| Object history | Given by Dr. W. L. Hildburgh, F. S. A., 1960 |
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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 together with inv. no. A.153-1910 look almost identical. One is a fine, hollow cast (inv. no. A.153-1910), probably from the workshop of Antonio Susini, one of Giambologna’s most skilled assistants. This figure, 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.153-1910 (Original) |
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| Accession number | A.1-1960 |
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| Record created | January 15, 2004 |
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