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| Keywords: Andrea Riccio - The Shepherd Daphnis with Pipes - Walters 54234 - View B.jpg The naturalism and lyricism of this bronze statuette make it a masterpiece of the Renaissance Riccio also known as Andrea Briosco one of the greatest artists in this genre was a member of the humanist circles of the university city of Padua He excelled in creating small bronzes that captured the spirit of antiquity without resorting to copying This is a shepherd from the mythic world of Arcadia where satyrs nymphs gods and humans lived together at ease With the unfocused gaze of one lost in creative thought he is Daphnis who was taught to play the hollow reed pipe by the god Pan and became the inventor of pastoral poetry poetry associated with shepherds - a classical literary form revived in Padua during the Renaissance The nickname Riccio means hedgehog and refers to the sculptor's extremely curly hair between 1520 1530 bronze cm 21 3 accession number 54 234 21684 Jacques Seligmann Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Antiquity in the Renaissance Smith College Museum of Art Northampton 1978 The Taste of Maryland Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984 The Allure of Bronze The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 Von allen seiten schön Bronzen der Renaissance und des Barock Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Berlin 1995-1996 Masterpieces in Bronze Riccio Sculptor of the Paduan Renaissance The Frick Collection New York 2008-2009 place of origin Padua Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Andrea Briosco Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
