Siena: The Art of Bronze, 1450–1500
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Siena: The Art of Bronze, 1450–1500 is the first exhibition to focus on Siena as a center of artistic excellence and technical innovation in bronze sculpture during the Italian Renaissance. The show brings together nearly forty works in bronze, including statues, reliefs, candelabra, medals, and more—most of which have never been exhibited outside of Tuscany—by some of the most influential sculptors in this period, among them Donatello, Vecchietta, and Francesco di Giorgio Martini. Building on popular past presentations of bronze sculpture at the Frick, the exhibition invites visitors to appreciate the medium’s beauty and versatility while learning about the complex technical and political challenges that the Sienese bronzeworkers faced. The Art of Bronze is presented in the Ronald S. Lauder Exhibition Galleries and is organized by Giulio Dalvit, the Frick’s Associate Curator, who will also author an accompanying catalogue alongside a team of international contributors.
Leadership support is provided by an anonymous donor in honor of Ian Wardropper and by Elizabeth M. and Jean-Marie R. Eveillard and The Christian Humann Foundation.
Major support is provided by Clémence and William von Mueffling, Margot and Jeremiah M. Bogert, the Robert Lehman Foundation, and the David L. Klein, Jr. Foundation.
Additional support is provided by Mr. and Mrs. Hubert L. Goldschmidt; Wendy Lewison; Carlo Orsi, Trinity Fine Art; Jane Richards; Sabina and Harlan Stone; the Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation; Bailey Foote; and Alexander Mason Hankin.
Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Lamentation at the Foot of the Cross (detail), ca. 1475. Bronze, 33 7/8 x 29 1/2 in. (86 x 75 cm). Santa Maria del Carmine, Venice. © The Frick Collection