Cosimo’s Genius and Ammannati’s Ingenium: The Wax Model for the Genio Mediceo

In 2018 the Rijksmuseum acquired the wax modello for the Genio Mediceo (‘Genius of the Medici’), a bronze fountain statue that was made around 1557 in Florence by Bartolomeo Ammannati for the Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo I de’ Medici. It is Ammannati’s only known undisputed wax model. The attribution is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frits Scholten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Rijksmuseum Publications Department 2020-12-01
Series:The Rijksmuseum Bulletin
Online Access:https://bulletin.rijksmuseum.nl/article/view/9518