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Georg Vischer

object, ca. 1550

Now On View

Description

Maker

  • Georg Vischer, 1520-1592, German

Title

object

Year

ca. 1550

Medium

Bronze

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • bronze

Dimensions

Height: 60.3 cm (23 3/4 inches)

Type

  • Sculpture

Credit

Museum Acquisition Fund and gift of friends

Object Number

20.139

Projects & Publications

Publications

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Raid the Icebox Now with Nicole Eisenman

November 1, 2019 - July 19, 2020

Intermission

December 16, 2016 - July 2, 2017

This nude female reflects the influence of Italianate, classical ideals of beauty in northern Europe and particularly Nuremberg, Germany, where Vischer’s family ran a bronze foundry. The figure holds a branch with a nut in her right hand and gently squeezes her breast with her left, gestures that together symbolize fertility.

During the Renaissance, wealthy collectors prized small bronzes such as this because they evoked similar statues made in ancient Greece and Rome. Bronze figures were admired for their graceful lines and layered, dark lacquers. Such a precious object would have been displayed in a room dedicated to intellectual pursuits and full of private possessions, mostly secular in nature.

From the Reserve I

April 9 - August 3, 1994

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is object with the accession number of 20.139. To request a higher resolution file, please submit an online request.

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