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16th-century Florentine sculptor, greyhound in pietra serena.
This fascinating sculpture, which has come down to us in fragmentary form, depicts a dog, an elegant greyhound crouching, its head raised in a menacing howl. The fine execution testifies to the hand of a masterful sculptor active in the first half of the 16th century in Florence.
Pietra serena is a native Tuscan stone that was quarried in the hills above Florence, specifically in Fiesole. For centuries observed in the form of architectural elements, in 15th-century Florence it was chosen as a material to be molded into the sinuous forms of sculpture. Its compactness and homogeneity of materials, together with its characteristic chromaticism, contribute to a particularly elegant and delicate sculptural effect, so much so that it lent itself to interesting compositional experimentation in the skilled hands of sculptors such as Donatello, Geri and Desiderio. da Settignano. It is they who show the city, which is getting to know pietra serena through Filippo Brunelleschi's revolutionary architecture, how it can also contain vigorous animal forms, living images of life-size figures, soft profiles of women and children.
The gray stone gives the animal a new majesty, vitality and solemn elegance through the expressiveness of the face.
Splendid secular patina intact.
The sculpture comes from a Tuscan castle, which for a long time housed a famous collection of pietra serena statues in its halls.
The measuraments
L cm 70
D cm 30
H cm 45
- Creation Year:unfamiliar
- Dimensions:Height: 17.72 in (45 cm)Width: 27.56 in (70 cm)Depth: 11.82 in (30 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Pistoia, IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2746215460592
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