Renaissance Bronze

Supplementary Notes on Michelangelo’s Crucifix for Vittoria Colonna and the rediscovery of a Crucifix by Michelangelo brought to Spain by Juan Bautista Franconio

Comparative evidence is presented in support of a rediscovered crucifix by Michelangelo, brought from Rome to Seville in 1597. Also discussed is the alloy analysis of this crucifix which points to the theorized presence of Michelangelo’s original model being retained in the successive workshops of Guglielmo della Porta and Bastiano Torrigiani. Further elaborations are presented…
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…
The Thief of Michelangelo – Models Preserved in Bronze and Terracotta

New observations and ideas concerning the use and proliferation of Michelangelo’s models of crucified “thieves.”
A proposal that the Rothschild bronzes, attributed to Michelangelo, are instead the work of Francesco da Sangallo

A visual comparison and historical survey is made between the work of Francesco da Sangallo and a bronze group of nude men riding beasts, presently attributed to Michelangelo.

Supplementary Notes on Michelangelo’s Crucifix for Vittoria Colonna and the rediscovery of a Crucifix by Michelangelo brought to Spain by Juan Bautista Franconio