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Bust of Hercules II d'Este
Cello
The Boy with the Thorn - Spinario
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Este harp
Venus, Mars, and Cupid
Old man's head
Sacred Love and Profane Love
Gonzaga Vase

Old man's head

Guido Mazzoni

Displayed in:

Estense Gallery

Estense Gallery

Largo Porta Sant'Agostino, 337, Modena

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This terracotta sculpture is an example of the realism that Guido Mazzoni (1450 - 1518) manages to imprint on his creations, in line with the highest achievements of the artistic culture of the Po Valley in the second half of the 15th century, following the teachings of Donatello and Mantegna. Although the polychromy is not original, it still gives an idea of how the sculpture should have appeared at the time of its creation. Coming from the collection of the Calori Cesi counts of Modena, but originally in the collection of Pietro Vitali in Busseto, the head entered the Estense Gallery in 1909. It is possible that it is what remains of the lost Lamentation already in the church of San Lorenzo in Cremona, of which we have information thanks to the handwritten notes drawn up in the early 16th century by the Venetian patrician Marcantonio Michiel (1484-1552).
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Title: Old man's head

Author: Guido Mazzoni

Date: 1480-85

Technique: Terracotta

Displayed in: Estense Gallery

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