Seated woman representing Astrology
mid-1570s
Medium
Red wax
Dimensions
Overall (confirmed, on socle): 5 3/4 × 1 7/8 × 1 7/8 in. (14.6 × 4.8 × 4.8 cm)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
Italian
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of The Quentin Foundation, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2017
Accession Number
2017.725
Tags
About the Artist
Giambologna · 1529–1608
Born and trained in Flanders (Douai, his birthplace, is now in France but was once in Flanders), Giambologna traveled to Italy in 1550 to study Classical and Renaissance sculpture. There, he became court sculptor of the Medici Dukes. He was famed for compositional sophistication, sensuous, tactile treatment of human body, and sheer technical virtuosity. He was extremely influential because the Med...