Renaissance Bronze

  • St. Agatha of Sicily

    St. Agatha of Sicily

    Riddick collection No. 61 – Summary of a unique 17th century Sicilian devotional plaque here attributed to a Master of the Fercolo di St. Agatha panels.

  • Flagellation of Christ

    Flagellation of Christ

    Riddick collection No. 68 – Summary of a rare, early 17th century plaque of the Flagellation after Giuseppe Cesari d’Arpino.

  • Flagellation

    Flagellation

    Riddick collection No. 71 – Summary of an unpublished Spanish pax depicting the Flagellation, here attributed to the Circle of Francisco de Alfaro, early 17th century.

  • The Dictator Julius Caesar

    The Dictator Julius Caesar

    Riddick collection No. 12 – Summary of a rarely discussed and uncataloged plaquette bust of Caesar probably cast after a Renaissance or Baroque gem.

  • Gemma Augustea

    Gemma Augustea

    Riddick collection No. 03 – A unique, modern bronze cast of the famed Gemma Augustea.

  • A Remarkable Florentine Pax

    A Remarkable Florentine Pax

    An exceptional pax featuring a Madonna and Child group here attributed to Maso di Bartolomeo after a design by Luca della Robbia. A discussion on the early typology for architecturally inspired pax frames is also explored.

  • Reverse Painted Rock Crystals in the Manner of Giovanni Pietro di Birago and observations regarding a Pax at the Palazzo Madama

    Reverse Painted Rock Crystals in the Manner of Giovanni Pietro di Birago and observations regarding a Pax at the Palazzo Madama

    Discussions on the influence of Giovanni Pietro di Birago’s illuminations on mid-16th century reverse painted rock crystals and the alignment of a pax with a Spanish rather than Italian origin.

  • Gothic German Influences on Two Lombard Paxes, ca. 1500

    Gothic German Influences on Two Lombard Paxes, ca. 1500

    Examining two rare Lombard paxes inspired by German designs or borrowed from reliefs of German origin.

  • Michelangelo’s Pieta in Bronze

    Michelangelo’s Pieta in Bronze

    A popular pax after Michelangelo’s Pieta for Vittoria Colonna and a Deposition pax are here suggested as the product of Ludovico and/or Jacopo del Duca while a later variant of Michelangelo’s Pieta, formed as a pax, is given to a Venetian workshop active in the first part of the 17th century.

  • Head of Pan – Lorenzo, Michelangelo, Attila and a lost plaquette prototype

    Head of Pan – Lorenzo, Michelangelo, Attila and a lost plaquette prototype

    by Michael Riddick Download / Preview High-resolution PDFDownload / Preview Italian version translated courtesy of Sandro Ubertazzi The prototype and plaquette casts of the Head of Pan The present article concerns itself with the discovery of an engraved rock crystal, believed lost, which served as the master model for a bronze plaquette relief of a…