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Equestrian statuette, possibly of Philip IV, King of Spain
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Equestrian statuette, possibly of Philip IV, King of Spain

17th century, cast possibly 19th century

Medium

Bronze, on later wood base

Dimensions

Horse and rider: 16 1/8 in. × 7 in. × 12 5/8 in. (41 × 17.8 × 32.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Mary Cushing Fosburgh, 1978

Classification

Sculpture-Bronze

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

Possibly Italian

Rights

Public Domain

About Pietro Tacca

1577–1640

Tacca was a skilled bronze caster and marble carver who worked in the Mannerist style of Giambologna. It was his technical and stylistic acumen in bronze, however that gained him the patronage of the Medici Dukes. He was granted the use for his lifetime of Giambologna studio by Cosimo II in 1616 and later served Ferdinand II as court artist in Spain. Comment on works: sculptor