Riccio, Andrea (or Briosco, Andrea) (1470-1532)

Creator details

Name
Riccio, Andrea (or Briosco, Andrea) (1470-1532)
Nationality
Italian
Biography
Riccio worked in terracotta and bronze and his works are typically small in scale: statuettes, plaquettes and elegant domestic items such as inkstands and oil lamps. He was an esteemed specialist in rendering themes of Classical mythology.

Assets (31 in total)

Head of a cleric, probably Antonio Trombetta, c.1506-16 (bronze copper alloy & marble)
Head of a cleric, probably Antonio Trombetta, c.1506-16 (bronze copper alloy & marble)
Portrait of a cleric, probably Antonio Trombetta, Padua, Italy, c.1506-16 (bronze copper alloy)
Portrait of a cleric, probably Antonio Trombetta, Padua, Italy, c.1506-16 (bronze copper alloy)
Portrait of a cleric, probably Antonio Trombetta, Padua, Italy, c.1506-16 (bronze copper alloy)
Portrait of a cleric, probably Antonio Trombetta, Padua, Italy, c.1506-16 (bronze copper alloy)
The Descent from the Cross (bronze)
The authentic cross, c.1507-08
Fame trumpeting in triumph over Death with Pegasus striking the ground and creating the spring Hippocrene, one of eight narrative reliefs relating to the life and fame of a medical professor, from the joint tomb of Girolamo (d.1506) and Marcantonio (d.1511) della Torre in S. Fermo Maggiore, Verona (bronze) (See also 95729-31)
The soul of the deceased in the form of winged infants, being led into the Elysian Fields, one of eight narrative reliefs relating to the life and fame of a medical professor, from the joint tomb of Girolamo (d.1506) and Marcantonio (d.1511) della Torre in S. Fermo Maggiore, Verona (bronze) (see also 95719-30)
Head of a cleric, probably Antonio Trombetta, c.1506-16 (bronze copper alloy & marble)
Head of a cleric, probably Antonio Trombetta, c.1506-16 (bronze copper alloy & marble)

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