Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi)

bronze sculpture of standing male mythical figure with arm raised and golden cape
Antico: The Golden Age of Renaissance Bronzes
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Antico: The Golden Age of Renaissance Bronzes was the first monographic exhibition in the United States dedicated to Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, known as Antico (c. 1455–1528).

closeup of bronze statuette of Greek god, Apollo wearing gilded cape
Antico's Rare Renaissance Sculpture on View at The Frick Collection in First Exhibition of His Work in United States
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Cocktails with a Curator: Antico’s “Hercules”

In this week’s episode of Cocktails with a Curator, we welcome the Frick’s new Assistant Curator of Sculpture, Giulio Dalvit. In his premiere episode, he discusses one of the important bronze statuettes in the collection, a Hercules by Antico. A celebrated artist of great technical virtuosity, Antico worked primarily for the powerful Gonzaga family in Mantua in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.

Link to video of Claudia Kryza-Gersch lecture
Claudia Kryza-Gersch: "Antico: A Pioneer of Renaissance Sculpture"

"Antico: A Pioneer of Renaissance Sculpture," by Claudia Kryza-Gersch, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, May 2, 2012. Antico dedicated himself to reviving the forms and splendors of ancient sculpture. This lecture will explore the artist's pioneering role in establishing the bronze statuette as a new Renaissance genre; his innovative exploration of the classical bust and the female nude; and his invention of techniques for creating superbly finished versions of his bronzes that rival the technical achievements of the ancients.