
1556 - 1557
Gemodelleerd in bruinrode, gepigmenteerde bijenwas om een draadarmatuur; gemonteerd op een houten ronde en moderne sokkel.
This red wax statuette is the modello for a much larger fountain sculpture that was cast in bronze for Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici in Florence. The nude boy is a genius, a guardian spirit from classical antiquity, holding up a globe, symbolizing the earthly cosmos (‘cosmo’). Like the Capricorn under his arm, signifying the duke’s astrological sign, it too alludes to Cosimo.
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