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Bust of the Augustan Julius Caesar.
Workshop of Pier Jacopo Alari-Bonacolsi, called L’Antico.
(Mantua c. 1460 – 1528 Gazzuolo).
Bronze, hollow lost-wax cast.
Northern Italy, Mantua, circa 1500.
Provenance:
Collection Xavier de Salas, Vice-Director, Museo del Prado 1962-1969, Director 1970-1978.
Private collection, Spain.
Pier Jacopo Alari-Bonacolsi, the goldsmith-trained sculptor, who is always referred to nowadays by his nickname 'Antico' (which he had earned by 1479), was the greatest exponent during the Italian Renaissance of bronze statuettes that were derived from close observation of ancient Roman originals.
Dimensions
Height 37.5 cm;1 ft. 2⅘ in. Width 25.4 cm; 10 in. (at shoulders) 19 cm; 7½ in. (ear to ear)The BADA Standard
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