The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Man Struggling with a Serpent

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Bernini in Action: Gesture and Technique in Clay

Program information

In conjunction with the exhibition Bernini: Sculpting in Clay (on view October 3, 2012–January 6, 2013), Anthony Sigel, Guest Curator, and Conservator of Objects and Sculpture, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard Art Museums, outlines the research and discoveries he and his fellow curators made in preparation for the exhibition. By researching Bernini's methods, Sigel has determined which figures Bernini created himself and which ones were likely created by assistants. His lecture includes his own photographs of the models and detailed descriptions of Bernini's methods.

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Man Struggling with a Serpent

Date:: early 16th century
Culture:: Italian (Padua)
Medium:: Bronze, on yellow marble base.
Dimensions:: H. 3-3/4 in. (9.5 cm.)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1938
Accession Number:: 38.22.2a, b

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