Baccio Bandinelli in his studio holding a statuette of Venus, students sketching from a model by candlelight
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 13/16 × 11 13/16 in. (27.4 × 30 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.97.144
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the bustling heart of a Renaissance artist's studio with this captivating 1531 engraving by Agostino Veneziano, a design by the renowned sculptor Baccio Bandinelli. T *Baccio Bandinelli in his holding a statuette of, students sketching from a by candlelight*, the vividly captures Bandinelli at work, cradling a small Venus figure while his eager students draw from a live male model illuminated by dramatic candlelight. Measuring about 11 by 10 inches, this intricate engraving from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Elisha Whittelsey Collection offers a rare glimpse into the daily life of...
About the Artist
Baccio Bandinelli|Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) · 1493–1560
Bandinelli was the son of Michelangelo de'Brandini, a successful Florentine goldsmith. Baccio was a loyal subject of the Medici, even when they were in exile 1494-1513; consequently he was rewarded by receiving commissions after the elections to the papacy of Leo X (Giovanni de' Medici) and Clement VII (Giulio de' Medici), and after Cosimo de' Medici became Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1537. His polit...