David overwinnaar van Goliath
Moderno
c. 1500 - c. 1525
Medium
bronze (metal)
Dimensions
7.9; 6.3; 5.2; 3.7; 0.3; 5.2
About this artwork
hoogte 7,9 cm (inclusief drager) x breedte 5,2 cm (inclusief drager) x diepte 3,7 cm (inclusief drager) x hoogte 6,3 cm (plaquette) x breedte 5,2 cm (plaquette) x diepte 0,3 cm (plaquette)
About the Artist
Moderno
Galeazzo Mondella, known to history as Moderno, was born in Verona in 1467 and became one of the most accomplished and widely admired creators of bronze plaquettes during the Italian Renaissance. He joined the Goldsmiths' Guild of Verona in 1485 at the age of eighteen, and by 1487 he had begun working at the court of Mantua, where he adopted the name Moderno—chosen in deliberate counterpoint to hi...