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| Keywords: Giambologna - Lion Attacking a Horse - Walters 54669.jpg A damaged but expressive Hellenistic marble sculpture of a Lion Attacking a Horse in Rome now in the garden of the Palazzo dei Conservatori offered a challenge to artists to figure out how it originally looked The group was restored in 1594 Giambologna the sculptor of Flemish origins who dominated Florentine sculpture in the late 1500s explored the subject in models for small bronzes around 1580-1589 which proved popular and continued to be cast long after his death Individual examples exhibit variations At least two casts were in Flemish collections and this one is related to a version owned by the Emperor Rudolf II now in Vienna However here the horse's forelock is lengthened and twisted into a small spiral horn evoking the unicorn of medieval legend and therefore appealing to a collector model 1580-1589; cast early 18th century brass cm 23 8 accession number 54 669 27782 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome 1900 suppl cat no 98 date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 The Mannerists Fort Wayne Art Museum Indiana Fort Wayne; Allen Memorial Art Museum Oberlin 1963-1965 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 Joseph Ternbach Conservator Collector Queens Museum of Art Flushing 1984-1985 A Renaissance Puzzle Heemskerck's Abduction of Helen The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1993 The Allure of Bronze The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 Déjà Vu The Repeating Image in Renaissance and Baroque Art The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2007-2008 place of origin Florence Italy Walters Art Museum license Baroque sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Giambologna Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
