A Renaissance acrobat lamp by Andrea Riccio : its mistaken history as an ancient bronze

Author

Bliss, Joseph R.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Source : notes in the history of art. 1995, Num. 3, Vol. 14, 13-20, 3 ill.

ISSN

0737-4453

Abstract (en)

Notes that a classically-inspired bronze lamp by Andrea Riccio with the figure of a contortionist, of which ca.20 examples survive, has been identified as ancient in documents and literature from the late 16th c. to the present; cites particularly Fortunio Liceti, De lucernis antiquorum..., and Bernard de Montfaucon, L'antiquité expliquée....

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Italy
• Riccio, Andrea (Andrea Briosco), 1470-1532
• Bronzes
• Italy
• 1500-1600
• Oil lamps
• Liceti, Fortunio, 1577-1657
• Montfaucon, Bernard de, 1655-1741
• Writings
• Ancient [art]

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Italie
• Riccio, Andrea (Andrea Briosco), 1470-1532
• Bronze [mo]
• Italie
• 1500-1600
• Lampe à huile
• Liceti, Fortunio, 1577-1657
• Montfaucon, Bernard de, 1655-1741
• Ecrits
• Antique (art)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19960101-00281572

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