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Duende alado

Sculptor/metalsmith close to Donatello Italian
1432
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 500
Em 1436 foi instalada uma fonte em um pátio da casa florentina de Cosimo de Médici, muito antes de ela ser transformada no magnífico Palazzo Médici, que conhecemos hoje. Documentos indicam que o pedreiro Betto D’Antonio fez a fonte e um pintor, Antonio, foi pago para dourar um spiritello (um duende, às vezes com um ar angelical) que foi colocado no topo. Esse spiritello talvez tenha sido esse menino um tanto levado. O escultor, cujo estilo se assemelha ao dos anjos de bronze criados por Donatello para o Batistério de Siena em 1429, combinou com facilidade os atributos de Mercúrio, o deus do comércio venerado pela família Médici, com os de Zéfiro, o vento do oeste que os florentinos sempre recebem com alegria no mês de maio.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Duende alado
  • Artista: Escultor seguidor de Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi), italiano, 1386–1466
  • Data: ca. 1436
  • Meio: Bronze dourado
  • Dimensões: 61,6 cm de altura
  • Linha de créditos: Compra, doação da Sra. Samuel Reed, Fundo Rogers, por intercâmbio e Fundo Louis V. Bell, 1983
  • Número de acesso: 1983.356
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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