A crucifix previously kept within a Parisan presbytery is here identified as the work of Manuel Chili, called Caspicara.
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Michelangelo’s Crucifix for Vittoria Colonna
A devotional crucifix, whose model is believed to be the work of Michelangelo, is known preserved by a minority of casts in silver and bronze, the finest of which, is examined here. The crucifix is here suggested as made for Michelangelo’s friend, Vittoria Colonna, as a private gift or possible commission. A census of casts of the model are explored, tracing its origins in Rome and later to Seville where it influenced Spanish sculptors and painters during the first decades of the 17th century.
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In the Shadow of Permoser
Ideas concerning several small sculptures, possibly by unsung, yet impressively talented German sculptors operating in the ambit of Balthasar Permoser.
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A possible Corpus, Saint and Siren by Sebastiano Torrigiani
Observations concerning three bronze sculptures that could be the workmanship of Bastiano Torrigiani.
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El Greco’s Roman Period and the Influence of Guglielmo della Porta
A survey of Guglielmo della Porta’s influence on the artistic personality of El Greco. Also suggested is the possibility El Greco could have worked for Guglielmo providing miniatures for use in the production of altar crosses and tabernacles during the painter’s enigmatic Roman period.
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Reconstituting a Crucifix by Guglielmo della Porta and his Colleagues
A crucifix model currently attributed to Giambologna should instead be reconstituted as a work by Guglielmo della Porta and his circle of collaborators.
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