Bull, early 16th century

  • Italian

Bronze on a marble base

  • Including base: 5 11/16 × 6 1/16 × 3 3/16 inches, 3.4 pounds (14.4 × 15.4 × 8.1 cm, 1.5 kg)

Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Alvan Macauley, Jr. Fund

62.276

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

(Luigi Grassi [1858-1937], Florence, Italy)

(J.J. Klejman, New York, New York, USA)

1962-present, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Bode, W. Die Italienschen Bronzestatuetten der Renaissance. Berlin, 1922, pl. 94. The Institute Collects. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, December 8, 1964-January 3, 1965, p. 16. Avery, C., ed. Giambologna 1520-1608 Sculptor to the Medici. London/Vienna, 1978, no. 177. Darr, A. P., P. Barnet, A. Bostrom, with contributions by C. Avery... [et. al.]. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Detroit Institute of Arts. London: Harvey Miller Publishers, in assoc. with the Detroit Institute of Arts, 2002, 2 vols., I, cat. 119.

Italian, Bull, early 16th century, bronze on a marble base. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Alvan Macauley, Jr. Fund, 62.276.