Virtue Overcoming Vice
Giambologna
17th–18th century
Medium
Marble; wood frame
Dimensions
Height: 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
Italian or Dutch
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Accession Number
14.40.672
Tags
Male NudesFemale Nudes
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...