The Savior
Giambologna
19th century, after 16th century original
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 40 in. (101.6 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Electrotype
Culture
British, after Italian original
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, 1873
Accession Number
73.8.61
Tags
Men
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...