http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/97023/leda-and-the-swan-gallery-label-current ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Leda and the Swan: Gallery Label - Current http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/97023/leda-and-the-swan-gallery-label-current 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/97023/leda-and-the-swan-gallery-label-current Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>Leda and the Swan: Gallery Label - Current</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>2005-06-27</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</td> </tr> </table><br/>Giuseppe Piamontini began his career as a sculptor in the studio of the Florentine workshop of Giovanni Battista Foggini, the maker of the pietra dura jewelry box displayed in this gallery. Piamontini worked with Foggini on a number of commissions for Florentine churches during the 1680s and 1690s, several years before he created these two mythological figural groups. The subjects of Leda and the Swan and Ganymede and the Eagle were taken from the ancient Roman writer Ovid's <i>Metamorphosis</i>. Piamontini's bronzes thus display an interest in classical subjects and convey a sense of movement, both traits of baroque sculpture. http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/97023/leda-and-the-swan-gallery-label-current Giuseppe Piamontini began his career as a sculptor in the studio of the Florentine workshop of Giovanni Battista Foggini, the maker of the pietra dura jewelry box displayed in this gallery. Piamontini worked with Foggini on a number of commissions for Florentine churches during the 1680s and 1690s, several years before he created these two mythological figural groups. The subjects of Leda and the Swan and Ganymede and the Eagle were taken from the ancient Roman writer Ovid's Metamorphosis. Piamontini's bronzes thus display an interest in classical subjects and convey a sense of movement, both traits of baroque sculpture." type="image/jpeg" />Giuseppe Piamontini began his career as a sculptor in the studio of the Florentine workshop of Giovanni Battista Foggini, the maker of the pietra dura jewelry box displayed in this gallery. Piamontini worked with Foggini on a number of commissions for Florentine churches during the 1680s and 1690s, several years before he created these two mythological figural groups. The subjects of Leda and the Swan and Ganymede and the Eagle were taken from the ancient Roman writer Ovid's Metamorphosis. Piamontini's bronzes thus display an interest in classical subjects and convey a sense of movement, both traits of baroque sculpture." type="image/jpeg" />Copyright Minneapolis Institute of ArtsMinneapolis Institute of Arts