Vulcan | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2002.321
People: Attributed to Tiziano Aspetti, Italian (Padua 1555 - 1606 Pisa)
Title: Vulcan
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture
Date: c. 1590-1600
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/54435

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Bronze with brownish-black patina, on reddish veined marble circular base
Dimensions: 42.4 x 17.6 x 13 cm (16 11/16 x 6 15/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
with base: 55 x 21.5 x 13 cm (21 5/8 x 8 7/16 x 5 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Cyril Humphris, London], sold; to Alexis Gregory, New York, 1994, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Alexis Gregory in honor of James Cuno
Accession Year: 2002
Object Number: 2002.321
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Charles Avery, "Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Alexis Gregory Collection", exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, Fall 1995), cat. no. 22, pp. 48-50, repr. in b/w

Exhibition History

Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Collection of Alexis Gregory, Fogg Art Museum, 01/13/1996 - 06/22/1996

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2002.321: Vulcan