Putto with Dolphin
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Putto with Dolphin is a celebrated Renaissance bronze sculpture depicting a playful winged child wrestling a dolphin, created by the Italian artist Andrea del Verrocchio.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Putto with Dolphin canonical | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | bronze sculpture ⓘ |
| artForm |
fountain sculpture
ⓘ
statuette ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
important example of Verrocchio’s small bronzes
ⓘ
key work in development of Renaissance bronze fountains ⓘ |
| artist | Andrea del Verrocchio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Florence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Medici patronage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Andrea del Verrocchio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictionStyle | contrapposto-like pose ⓘ |
| depicts |
dolphin
ⓘ
putto ⓘ winged child ⓘ |
| genre | Renaissance art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
dolphin
ⓘ
wings ⓘ |
| iconography |
marine creature
ⓘ
putto ⓘ |
| influenced | Leonardo da Vinci NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | classical antiquity ⓘ |
| materialUsed | bronze ⓘ |
| movement | Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementType | three-dimensional sculpture ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dynamic composition
ⓘ
naturalistic anatomy ⓘ sense of movement ⓘ |
| originalFunction | fountain figure ⓘ |
| originallyCommissionedBy |
Lorenzo de' Medici
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Medici family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originallyCreatedFor | Villa Medici at Careggi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | 15th century ⓘ |
| style | early Renaissance ⓘ |
| subjectHeading | child with animal in art ⓘ |
| theme |
mythological imagery
ⓘ
playfulness ⓘ water ⓘ |
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