the sculptures are not there simply as decorative fillers and background, but to stimulate eye and mind ...

3. Sculpture in Painting

5. the sculptures are not there simply as decorative fillers and background, but to stimulate eye and mind ...

6. an successful Venetian merchant and collector,
three representations of Hercules,
two representations of Venus,
a bust of Hadrian
and
a statuette of Diana of Ephesus
Lorenzo Lotto
Portrait of Andrea Odoni
Portrait de Andrea Odini
1527
Royal Collection of the United Kingdom, London

11. an unknown collector
a bronze statuette in ancient style, perhaps
a female divinity, identified by some as Ceres
a marble bas-relief of Mars, Cupid and Venus,
a typical theme of the Platonic Academy
Parmeggiano
Portrait of a Collector
Portrait d’un collectionneur
1523
National Gallery, London

17. a lady of the nobility, dressed in a costume compatible
with that of the rich women of the territories controlled
by the Republic of Venice
the profile relief, inspired by those on antique cameos,
seems to be of the same sitter
Tiziano Vecelli, Titien
Portrait of a Woman (La Schiavona)
Portrait de Femme (La Schiavona)
1508-1510
National Gallery, London

21. the blue figure of a “Venus pudica" , modest Venus
and
one of the wealthiest and most prominent Florentine bankers
Agnolo Bronzino
Portrait of Pierantonio Bandini
Portrait de Piero Antonio Bandini
1550-1555
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

25. the identity of the model, sculptor or amateur,
remains unknown …
Agnolo Bronzino
Portrait of a Man Holding a Statuette
Portrait d'homme tenant une statuette
1545
Musée du Louvre, Paris

28. an painter, architect and goldsmith, art expert
and
a statuette, Roman copy of the Aphrodite Pseliumene by Praxiteles
Tiziano Vecelli, Titien
Portrait of Jacopo Strada
Portrait de Jacopo Strada
1567-1568
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

31. a Florentine aristocrat, humanist, linguist
and
a marble sculpture by David, a traditional symbol
of the Florentine freedom
Agnolo Bronzino
Portrait of Ugolino Martelli
Portrait d'Ugolino Martelli
1536-1540
Gemäldegalerie, National Museums in Berlin

34. Charles Towneley the most famous of the English collectors,
three friends
and
Discobole by Myron, Eros, Minerva, Diana, Venus,
Faun and Nymph, Bacchus, Sphinx ...
Johann Zoffany
Charles Townley and Friends in His Library at Park Street,
Westminster
Charles Townley et ses amis dans sa bibliothèque à Park Street,
Westminster
1782
Art Gallery and Museum, Burnley
Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum

37. admiring ancient sculptures ...
Heracles and the Nemean Lion,
Cupid and Psyche, Dancing Faun,
Medici Venus, Chimera of Arezzo
Johann Zoffany
The Tribuna of the Uffizi
La Tribune des Offices
1772-1778
Royal Collection, Windsor Castle

44. comptroller-General of Finances,
chief minister of Louis XIV from 1661 to 1683
and
a statuette of Hercules supporting the globe,
symbolizing his assiduity in the service of the sovereign
Claude Lefèbvre
Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Portrait de Jean-Baptiste Colbert
1666
Château de Versailles, Versailles

47. an young art dealer
a statue of Venus
and
a small, apparently classical statue
Jacopo Tintoretto
Portrait of Ottavio Strada
Portrait d’Ottavio Strada
1567
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam

51. the Count holds the hilt of its sword
the statue of the Perseus, recognisable by his cape,
scimitar and by the Corinthian helmet of Pallas Athene
the relief of Hercules, grandson of Perseus,
which symbolizes the use of force controlled by intelligence,
and who also used a scimitar to kill the Lernaean Hydra
Parmigianino
Portrait of Pier Maria Rossi di San Secondo
Portrait de Pier Maria Rossi di San Secondo
1535-1538
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid

54. the putti on the relief emphasize
Clarissa's childlike vitality ...
Tiziano Vecelli, Titien
Portrait of Clarissa Strozzi
Portrait de Clarissa Strozzi
1542
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

57. stone-coloured figures depict
Moses and the Golden Calf, the Virgin and Child,
and Josiah destroying the false altars
Amico Aspertini
The Virgin and Child between Saint Helena and Saint
Francis
Vierge et l’Enfant entre Sainte Hélène et Saint François
1520
National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff

60. an young man
with
three famous antique sculptures …
a bronze version of a statue of Athena,
Trajan’s Column,
and
the bottom part of a famous statue
of Hercules at rest, known as
the “Farnese Hercules”
Livio Mehus
The Genius of Sculpture
Le Génie de la sculpture
1655
Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence

63. a ceremonial portrait ...
the profusion of fleur de lys,
the crown upon a pillow
and
a bust of Louis XVI held by Minerve
Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-d’Agoty
Portrait of Marie-Antoinette, queen of France
Portrait de Marie-Antoinette, reine de France
1775
Château de Versailles, Versailles

66. the real first lady of the great French court
and
the sculpture Love and Friendship
(to symbolize her later, platonic relationship with the Louis XV.)
François Boucher
Portrait of Marquise de Pompadour
Portrait de la marquise de Pompadour
1759
Wallace Collection, London

69. an elegantly dressed gentleman
and
a statuette of the god Mercury
Charles Le Brun
Sculpture, Portrait of Nicolas Le Brun
father of the artist
La sculpture, Portrait de Nicolas Le Brun
père de l’artiste
1635
Residenzgalerie, Salzburg

72. one of the principal modern art dealers in the early
twentieth century, a shrewd businessman
examining a statuette of a kneeling female nude
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Ambroise Vollard
1908
Courtauld Institute of Art, London

75. the passing train,
the perishable bananas ...
the contemporary and immediate
in contrast
the classical arcades,
statuary of antiquity - a torso of Aphrodite
Giorgio de Chirico
The Uncertainty of the Poet
L'Incertitude du poète
1913
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Sculpture in Painting
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