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Artist
Pietro Francavilla (1548–) wikidata:Q1367872
Pietro Francavilla
Alternative names
Pierre Franqueville
Description Flemish sculptor, architect, drawer and painter
Date of birth/death 1548 Edit this at Wikidata 23 August 1615 / 25 August 1615 / 1616 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Cambrai Paris
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q1367872
Title
Apollo Victorious over the Python
Description
English: This statue represents the ancient sun-god Apollo's first triumph, when, at Delphi, he slew with his bow and arrows the serpent Python, which lies dead at his feet. Apollo embodied the ideals of male beauty and heroism. A work of this size was certainly intended for a prominent location, and this statue probably stood in the courtyard of the Palazzo Salviati in Florence. The sculptor's name and the date are inscribed across Apollo's chest. Born in Flanders, Francavilla moved to Florence, where be became a pupil and the principal assistant to the Medici court sculptor Giovanni da Bologna (1529-1608), also from Flanders. The elegant pose and elongated proportions of this monumental statue are characteristic of the artful, late-Renaissance style known today as Mannerism.
Date 1591 ( Renaissance
era QS:P2348,Q4692
)
Medium marble
medium QS:P186,Q40861
Dimensions 160.5 cm (63.1 in)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
27.302
Place of creation Florence, Italy
Object history
  • Averardo Salviati, Palazzo Salviati, Florence, ca. 1591, by commission
  • Raoul Heilbronner [with difficulty from Italy], Paris
  • Henry Walters, Baltimore
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters
Source Walters Art Museum : Home page Info about artwork
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Apollo Victorious over the Python (1591). Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

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