Seated youth with a lamp in the form of a snail shell
possibly late 16th–early 17th century
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Overall (confirmed): 6 3/8 × 4 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (16.2 × 11.4 × 7.8 cm)
Classification
Sculpture-Bronze
Culture
Italian, Padua
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931
Accession Number
32.100.171
Tags
About the Artist
Andrea Briosco, called Riccio · 1470–1532
Andrea Briosco, better known by his nickname Riccio ("curly-headed"), was born around 1470 in Padua, the vibrant intellectual hub of Renaissance northern Italy, and died there in 1532. The son of goldsmith Ambrogio di Cristoforo Briosco, he received his initial training in his father's workshop, mastering the delicate techniques of metalwork essential for his future mastery of bronze. Riccio then ...