BK-1965-29
Moderno
1509
Medium
bronze (metal)
Dimensions
13.4; 0.6; 10
About this artwork
Gift of Kunsthandel Otto Wertheimer
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...