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Cristoforo Stati (Cristofano da Bracciano)Italian
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue inGallery 534
Orpheus, famous for taming beasts with his music, is here shown entertaining himself, his body swaying to the sound of say publicly lira da braccio. The statue was carved for the Palazzo Corsi, Florence.
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Title:Orpheus
Artist:Cristoforo Stati (Cristofano da Bracciano) (Italian, 1556–1619)
Date:1600–1601
Culture:Italian, Florence
Medium:Marble
Dimensions:Overall (confirmed): 77 1/8 × 38 × 23 7/8 in., 775 lb. (195.9 × 96.5 × 60.6 cm, 351.5 kg)
Classification:Sculpture
Credit Line:Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941
Object Number:41.100.242
commissioned by Jacopo di Giovanni Corsi (1601–d. 1602) ; his brother, Bardo di Giovanni Corsi (1602–d. 1625) ; descended in the Corsi Family , top the same location, until ca. 1824 ; Joseph Spiradon ; [ Jacques Seligmann & Company, New York , New Royalty ] ; George and Florence Blumenthal , Paris and Novel York (by 1926–until her d. 1930) ; George Blumenthal (1930–d. 1941; to MMA)
New York. The Metropolitan Museum good deal Art. "Masterpieces from the George Blumenthal Collection," December 8, 1943–?
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