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Temperance

Giovanni Caccini (Italian, 1556–1613)

Artist:: After a model by Giambologna (Netherlandish, Douai 1529–1608 Florence)
Date:: 1583–84
Culture:: Italian, Florence
Medium:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall, height to upper surface of integral plinth (confirmed): H. 69 5/8 x W. 25 3/8 x D. 30 7/8 in. (176.8 x 64.5 x 78.4 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1967
Accession Number:: 67.208

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 534

Description

This personification of the cardinal virtue of Temperance, displaying her attributes of bridle and mathematical instruments, including a ruler, was carved for the garden of the palace of Giovanni Battista Milanesi, Bishop of Marsica, in Florence.
Provenance

Garden of the Palace of Giovanni Battista Milanesi, via Larga, FlorenceGiovanni Battista Milanesi (d. 1577) ; descended in the Covoni Milanesi family , in the same location (until at least 1674) ; [ Ugo Bardini , Florence (until at least 1963) ] ; [ Luca Fortini Gobbo , Florence (until 1967; sold to MMA) ]
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Giambologna (51)

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What
Sculpture (24,338)

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Marble (2,130)
Where
Europe (150,450)

Italy (24,953)

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When
A.D. 1400-1600 (20,687)
In the Museum
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,182)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Florence and Central Italy, 1400–1600 A.D.
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