Taddeo Landini (toegeschreven), Jongen op een zeemonster (zoutvat?), Rome, ca. 1590. Courtesy Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

MAASTRICHT.- The Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht presents the best of three centuries of Western European bronze sculpture. The 50 bronze sculptures from the collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam are by Dutch, Italian and German artists, such as Verrocchio, Hendrick de Keyser, Giambologna and Adriaen de Vries. From Vulcan's Forge refers to the Roman god of fire, Vulcan, who was smith to the gods, without whom these bronze statues would not have existed. The exhibition has been held previously in London and Vienna. Lire la suite http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=19525

Légende de l'illustration: Willem Danielsz. van Tetrode, Hercules Pomarius. Courtesy Rijksmuseum Amsterdam