Research Catalog

Title

Studies in European sculpture / Charles Avery.

Author

Avery, Charles.

Publication

London : Christie's, 1981.

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Description

269, [2] p. : ill.; 30 cm.

Subject

• Sculpture, European
• Sculpture, Modern > Europe

Note

• Compilation of the author's essays, 1969-1979.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [270]-[271]

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Three marble reliefs by Luca della Robbia -- The Beauregard Madonna -- a forgotten masterpiece by Desiderio da Settignano -- Benvenuto Cellini's bronze bust of Bindo Altoviti. -- Giuseppe de Levis of Verona, bronze founder and sculptor -- Giambologna's sketch-models and his sculptural technique -- Giambologna, sculptor to the Medici -- Medici and Stuart : a grand ducal gift of "Giovanni Bologna" bronzes for Henry Prince of Wales (1612) / with Katharine Watson -- Gregorio Pagani (1558-1605) as a wax-modeller -- Soldani's small bronze statuttes after "Old Master" sculptures in Florence -- Antwerp, August 1577 -- the Spanish Fury and the Liberation of the Citadel, a series of bronze plaquettes after Martin de Vos -- The Rood-Loft from Hertogenbosch -- Hendrick de Keyser as a sculptor of small bronzes -- Hubert le Sueur's portraits of King Charles I in bronze, at Stourhead, Ickworth and elsewhere -- François Dieussart, portrait sculptor to the courts of Northern Europe -- Laurent Delvaux (1696-1778) in England -- Neoclassical portraits by Pistrucci and Rauch -- From David d'Angers to Rodin -- Bibliography (p. [270]-[271])

ISBN

0903432250

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library