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Chronos

mid-16th century
Not on view
The open backs of the two statuettes bear the remains of plaster that helped secure them, probably in niches. The figural style is identical to that of niched figures on the tomb of Tito Livio in the Palazzo della Ragione, Padua, of 1547.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Chronos
  • Artist: Agostino Zoppo (Italian, ca. 1520–1572)
  • Date: mid-16th century
  • Culture: Italian, Padua
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 18 1/2 × 10 × 5 in. (47 × 25.4 × 12.7 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
  • Credit Line: Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1997
  • Object Number: 1997.512
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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