Bull

Object belonging

One's own

Category

Bronze sculpture

City

Rome

Location

Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia

Specific location

Room 17

Inventory

PV 10812

Material and technique

Bronze, natural light brown patina, traces of black lacquer

Author

Flemish School

Dating

c. 1650

Dimensions

20 x 29 x 15.5 cm.

Origin

Auriti Collection (1963)

Image copyright

SSPSAE e per il Polo Museale della città di Roma

Short description

This bull is depicted in the act of fighting, with its head bowed to the left. It draws inspiration from the bulls of Giambologna and his school, one of which is present in the Palazzo Venezia collection, though these works portray the majesty of these animals rather than their danger. There are many versions of this work, all almost identical.

Pietro Cannata

Bibliography

A. Santangelo, Museo di Palazzo Venezia. La Collezione Auriti, Rome 1964, p. 29; H. Weihrauch, Europäische Bronzestatuetten, Braunschweig 1967, no. 209, p. 170; C. Avery, Renaissance & baroque bronzes in The Frick Art Museum, Pittsburgh 1993, no. 39, pp. 129 -132.