Vincenzo de' Rossi

Summary

Vincenzo de' Rossi (b. Fiesole, 1525. d. Florence, 1587) was an Italian sculptor.

Dying Adonis

Work edit

 
Theseus and Helen by Vincenzo de' Rossi. The sculpture was highly praised at the time for having been crafted from a single piece of marble, without additions, as was common.[1]

Rossi was mentored by Baccio Bandinelli.

Many of Rossi's works historically were incorrectly attributed to Michelangelo, such as Dying Adonis.[1]

Some of his most famous works were his sculptures of the Twelve Labours of Hercules, of which he only completed seven.[2][1] Six of these sculptures are located in at the Palazzo Vecchio.[2] The seventh labour, Hercules with Atlas, is located at the Villa di Poggio Imperiale.

His statue "St. Joseph with Christ as a Child" resides in the Pantheon in Rome.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Utz, Hildegard (1971). "The Labors of Hercules and Other Works by Vincenzo de' Rossi". The Art Bulletin. 53 (3): 344–366. doi:10.2307/3048869. ISSN 0004-3079. JSTOR 3048869.
  2. ^ a b Ritz, JoAnn (10 September 2013). "The Labours of Hercules in Palazzo Vecchio". Florence Inferno. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. ^ https://findit.library.yale.edu/catalog/digcoll:1860955