Pluto
mid-17th century
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 11 1/8; Max. width (from elbow to forearm): 3 7/16; Max. depth: 2 11/16 in. (28.3 x 8.7 x 6.8 cm); wt. 4 lb. (1.8144kg) Base (not square): 2 3/4 x 2 11/16 in. (7 x 6.8 cm)
Classification
Sculpture-Bronze
Culture
probably French
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Ogden Mills, 1925
Accession Number
25.142.10
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista di Jacopo · 1494–1540
**Giovanni Battista di Jacopo (1494/1495–1540), better known as Rosso Fiorentino or Il Rosso (“the Redhead”), was a leading Italian Mannerist painter of the Florentine school.** Born in Florence with the striking red hair that inspired his nickname, he trained in the studio of Andrea del Sarto alongside his contemporary Jacopo Pontormo. His early works, such as the *Cherub Playing a Lute* (Uffizi...