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St Sebastian

Pietro Tacca

ca. 1610 - ca. 1615

Medium

gild

Dimensions

h 54cm × d 21cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

bronze (metal)

Object Type

figure

Subject Matter

St. Sebastian, tied to a tree or a pillar, is pierced by arrows (+ variant)

Production Place

Vienna

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1961

Notes

height 54 cm x diameter 21 cm

Collection Type

sculptures

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

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