Author: SOLDANI BENZI, MASSIMILIANO. Weissmann, Carina A.E.
Title: Die Bronzen des Massimiliano Soldani Benzi (1656-1740). Reprsentationsstrategien des europa¨ischen Adels um 1700.
Description: [Berlin], De Gruyter, [2022]. XVIII,501 pp. Num. ills (chiefly col.). Orig. hardcover (pictorial boards). 4to. [ISBN: 9783110693652]. - As new.The pursuit of a royal crown, the refinement of a clever financial policy or the immortalization of glorious victories - all of this is reflected in the splendor of Massimiliano Soldani Benzi's bronzes. Anyone who owned the Venus Medici or other original-sized antique copies made by the Florentine mint master around 1700, such as the Liechtenstein or the Marlborough, was not only acquiring a technically brilliant masterpiece, but also a privilege, because they came from one of the most important antique collections of their time, that of the Medici. Soldani, trained in Rome and Paris at the behest of Grand Duke Cosimo III, created sophisticated recreations of the antique originals that could only be obtained through diplomatic networks, long before the 18th century art market made antique copies a mass product. - Text in German.

Keywords: Sculpture Bronzes Europe Italy Beeldhouwkunst Brons Europa Italië