Child
15th–16th century
Medium
Painted stucco
Dimensions
15 1/4 × 13 1/4 in. (38.7 × 33.7 cm)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
Italian, Florence
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Archer M. Huntington, in memory of his father, Collis Potter Huntington, 1926
Accession Number
26.101.8
Tags
About the Artist
Pierino da Vinci · 1520–1553
Pierino da Vinci (c. 1529–1553/54), born Pier Francesco di Bartolomeo di Ser Piero da Vinci, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor whose brief but brilliant career was cut tragically short by malarial fever at age twenty-three. Born in Vinci, Tuscany, around 1529, Pierino was the nephew of Leonardo da Vinci—the son of Leonardo's younger half-brother Bartolomeo. His family recognized his artistic tal...