Monday, May 30, 2016

Antique Statues in early Roman Collections III

Anonymous printmaker
Two antique statues
ca. 1530-70
engraving
British Museum

Just as 16th-century Romans expected their antique statues to be physically complete, they also expected to view sculpture in exactly the same way they viewed paintings  straight-on, face-to-face, from the front. Few pieces were displayed free-standing, few could be viewed in the round. The norm was to set these large marble objects against walls or inside niches, restricting and directing the way they should or could be experienced.  

Anonymous printmaker
Two antique statues
ca. 1530-70
engraving
British Museum

Anonymous printmaker
Two antique statues
ca. 1530-70
engraving
British Museum

Antoine Lafréry, publisher
Antique statue of Meleager
1555
engraving
British Museum

Giulio Bonasone
Antique statue of Diana in niche
ca. 1531-76
engraving
British Museum

Giulio Bonasone
Antique statue of Diana in niche
ca. 1531-76
engraving
British Museum

Giulio Bonasone
Antique statue of Leda in niche
ca. 1531-76
engraving
British Museum

Giulio Bonasone
Antique statue of Muse in niche
ca. 1531-76
engraving
British Museum

Jacob Bos
 Colossal antique statue of Mars in niche
1562
engraving
British Museum

Cornelis Cort & Antoine Lafréry
Antique statue of warrior with dead boy
1574
engraving
British Museum

Pedro Perret
Antique statue of Diomedes in niche
1582
engraving
British Museum

Enea Vico
Antique statues in the delle Valle collection
1541
engraving
British Museum

Enea Vico
Antique statues in the della Valle collection
1541
engraving
British Museum

Enea Vico
Antique statue of Venus with Cupid
1561
engraving
British Museum