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The Arcadian bliss of Andrea Riccio… This bronze oil lamp was created by the great Renaissance bronze master - Andrea Riccio (c. 1470–1532). Poetic Here Daphnis, son of Hermes, whom the god Pan taught to play the reed flute and who is credited with inventing pastoral poetry: a classical literary form revived in Padua during the Renaissance - were this bronze was cast c. 1520–1530. Et in Arcadia Ego This pastoral subject of the flute player is a recurring theme in the sculptor’s work. Here, he offers a poetic vision of Arcadian bliss, an ideal cherished by Renaissance humanists and scholars, who constituted Riccio’s primary clientele Riccio Riccio started his career in Padua as a goldsmith, but a chronic ailment forced him to specialize in bronze, which was less physically demanding. He first worked with Bartolomeo Bellano (1437–1496), a pupil of Donatello, with whom he created several large bronze monuments for the Basilica of Saint Anthony. Later, Riccio excelled at creating small bronze works that inspired by the classical style - https://t.ly/PRN16 (free) giquello at Drouot June 30th #Renaissance #Bronze #ArtHistory