Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: European Sculpture: English Language Edition
About this ebook
The J. Paul Getty Museum’s
collection of European sculpture featured in this volume ranges in date from
the late fifteenth century to the very early twentieth and includes a wide
variety of media: marble, bronze, alabaster, terracotta, plaster, wood, ivory,
and gold. The earliest sculpture represented is the mysterious Saint Cyricus by Francesco Laurana; the
latest is a shield-like portrait of Medusa by the eccentric Italian sculptor
Vincenzo Gemito. Among the more than forty works included in this handsomely
illustrated volume are sculptures by Antico (Bust of a Young Man); Cellini (a Satyr designed for Fontainebleau); Giambologna (a Female Figure that may represent Venus);
Bernini (Boy with a Dragon); and
Carpeaux (Bust of Jean-Léon Gérôme).
Well represented here is the Museum’s splendid collection of Mannerist and
early Baroque bronzes, including such masterpieces as Johann Gregor van der
Schardt’s Mercury and two superb
works by Adriaen de Vries: Juggling Man and
Rearing Horse. These works are
indicative of the extraordinary quality of the J. Paul Getty Museum’s
collection of post-Classical European sculpture.
