Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Hill Collection

January 28 through June 15, 2014

The Frick Collection, New York

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1a.

Andrea Briosco, known as Riccio (Trent, 1470–1532, Padua) Strigil Bearer, cast ca. 1515–20 Bronze H: 32 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

1b.

Andrea Briosco, known as Riccio (Trent, 1470–1532, Padua) Strigil Bearer (detail), cast ca. 1515–20 Bronze H: 32 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

2a.

Attributed to Maso Finiguerra (Florence, 1426–64) Hercules and Antaeus, cast ca. 1460 Brass H: 25.2 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

2b.

Attributed to Maso Finiguerra (Florence, 1426–64) Hercules and Antaeus (detail), cast ca. 1460 Brass H: 25.2 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

2c.

Attributed to Maso Finiguerra (Florence, 1426–64) Hercules and Antaeus (detail), cast ca. 1460 Brass H: 25.2 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

3a.

Giambologna (Douai, ca. 1529–1608, Florence) Astronomy, cast early 1570s Bronze H: 38.8 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

3b.

Giambologna (Douai, ca. 1529–1608, Florence) Astronomy (detail), cast early 1570s Bronze H: 38.8 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

4a.

Giambologna (Douai, ca. 1529–1608, Florence) Bull, cast 1573 Bronze, with original oval base 21.7 x 26 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

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Giambologna (Douai, ca. 1529–1608, Florence) Bull (detail), cast 1573 Bronze, with original oval base 21.7 x 26 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

5a.

Giambologna (Douai, ca. 1529–1608, Florence) Pacing Horse, cast ca. 1573–77 Bronze 25.1 x 28.7 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

5b.

Giambologna (Douai, ca. 1529–1608, Florence) Pacing Horse (detail), cast ca. 1573–77 Bronze 25.1 x 28.7 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

6a.

Antonio Susini (Florence, 1558–1624) Rape of a Sabine, after Giambologna’s marble group of 1583, cast ca. 1585 Bronze H: 59 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

6b.

Antonio Susini (Florence, 1558–1624) Rape of a Sabine (detail), after Giambologna’s marble group of 1583, cast ca. 1585 Bronze H: 59 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

7a.

Antonio Susini (Florence, 1558–1624) Cristo Morto (The Dead Christ on the Cross), after a model by Giambologna of ca. 1588, cast ca. 1590–1615 Gilt bronze H: 31 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

7b.

Antonio Susini (Florence, 1558–1624) Detail of Cristo Morto (The Dead Christ on the Cross), after a model by Giambologna of ca. 1588, cast ca. 1590–1615 Gilt bronze H: 31 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

8.

Gianfrancesco Susini (Florence, 1585–1653) Hercules and Antaeus, after a model by Giambologna, cast ca. 1625–50 Bronze H: 41 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

9.

Ferdinando Tacca (Florence, 1619–1686) Ceres and Bacchus, cast probably ca. 1635–40 Bronze H: 45.3 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

10a.

Giuseppe Piamontini (Florence, 1664–1742) Prince Ferdinando di Cosimo III on Horseback, cast by 1717 Bronze H: 62.5 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

10b.

Giuseppe Piamontini (Florence, 1664–1742) Prince Ferdinando di Cosimo III on Horseback (detail), cast by 1717 Bronze H: 62.5 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

10c.

Giuseppe Piamontini (Florence, 1664–1742) Prince Ferdinando di Cosimo III on Horseback (detail), cast by 1717 Bronze H: 62.5 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

11a.

Giuseppe Piamontini (Florence, 1664–1742) Seated Hercules and Cerberus, cast ca. 1715–25 Bronze 53 x 34 x 28 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

11b.

Giuseppe Piamontini (Florence, 1664–1742) Seated Hercules and Cerberus (detail), cast ca. 1715–25 Bronze 53 x 34 x 28 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

11c.

Giuseppe Piamontini (Florence, 1664–1742) Seated Hercules and Cerberus (detail), cast ca. 1715–25 Bronze 53 x 34 x 28 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

12a.

Giuseppe Piamontini (Florence, 1664–1742) Hercules and Iolaus Slaying the Hydra, after a model by Alessandro Algardi of ca. 1630, cast ca. 1700–20 Bronze 32.5 x 23 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

12b.

Giuseppe Piamontini (Florence, 1664–1742) Hercules and Iolaus Slaying the Hydra (detail), after a model by Alessandro Algardi of ca. 1630, cast ca. 1700–20 Bronze 32.5 x 23 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

13a.

Alessandro Algardi (Bologna, 1598–1654, Rome) Cristo Vivo (The Living Christ on the Cross), model dated ca. 1646; a life-time cast Bronze H: 73 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

13b.

Alessandro Algardi (Bologna, 1598–1654, Rome) Detail of Cristo Vivo (The Living Christ on the Cross), model dated ca. 1646; a life-time cast Bronze H: 73 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

13c.

Alessandro Algardi (Bologna, 1598–1654, Rome) Detail of Cristo Vivo (The Living Christ on the Cross), model dated ca. 1646; a life-time cast Bronze H: 73 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

14a.

Willem Danielsz. van Tetrode (Delft?, ca. 1525–80, Wedinghausen) Mars Gradivus, cast probably late 1560s Bronze H: 39.5 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

14b.

Willem Danielsz. van Tetrode (Delft?, ca. 1525–80, Wedinghausen) Mars Gradivus, cast probably late 1560s Bronze H: 39.5 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

14c.

Willem Danielsz. van Tetrode (Delft?, ca. 1525–80, Wedinghausen) Mars Gradivus (detail), cast probably late 1560s Bronze H: 39.5 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

15a.

Adriaen de Vries (The Hague, ca. 1545–1626, Prague) Bacchic Man Wearing a Grotesque Mask, cast ca. 1578–80 Bronze H: 89.5 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

15b.

Adriaen de Vries (The Hague, ca. 1545–1626, Prague) Bacchic Man Wearing a Grotesque Mask (detail), cast ca. 1578–80 Bronze H: 89.5 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

16a.

Caspar Gras (Bad Mergentheim, 1585–1674, Schwaz) Roaring Lion, Pouncing, model dated ca. 1630s, cast before 1674 Bronze 21.6 x 23.7 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

16b.

Caspar Gras (Bad Mergentheim, 1585–1674, Schwaz) Roaring Lion, Pouncing (detail), model dated ca. 1630s, cast before 1674 Bronze 21.6 x 23.7 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

17a.

Circle of Ponce Jacquiot (Rethel, before 1536–70, Paris) Diana, model created after 1556, cast before 1585 Bronze H: 34.8 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

17b.

Circle of Ponce Jacquiot (Rethel, before 1536–70, Paris) Diana (detail), model created after 1556, cast before 1585 Bronze H: 34.8 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

18.

Hubert Le Sueur (Paris, ca. 1580–1660) Venus, cast ca. 1641–60 Bronze H: 45.4 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

19a.

François Girardon (Troyes, 1628–1715, Paris) Sleeping Hermaphrodite, cast after a terracotta model attributed to François Duquesnoy, 1699–1709 Bronze, on original carved gilt-wood base attributed to Gilles-Marie Oppenord 21 x 23.2 x 43.5 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

19b.

François Girardon, (Troyes, 1628–1715, Paris) Reclining Venus, cast after a terracotta model attributed to Thibault Poissant, 1699–1709 Bronze, on original carved gilt-wood base attributed to Gilles-Marie Oppenord 24 x 23.5 x 42.5 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

20a.

Willem Danielsz. van Tetrode (Delft?, ca. 1525–80, Wedinghausen) Samson Slaying a Philistine, probably modeled in Florence in 1562 Bronze H: 37.5 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

20b.

Willem Danielsz. van Tetrode (Delft?, ca. 1525–80, Wedinghausen) Samson Slaying a Philistine, probably modeled in Florence in 1562 Bronze H: 37.5 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

20c.

Willem Danielsz. van Tetrode (Delft?, ca. 1525–80, Wedinghausen) Samson Slaying a Philistine, probably modeled in Florence in 1562 Bronze H: 37.5 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Maggie Nimkin Photography

21.

Giovanni di Paolo (Siena, active ca.1420–82) Christ as the Man of Sorrows with Two Angels, mid-15th century Gold ground and tempera on panel, in an engaged frame 38.4 x 19.7 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Photo: Michael Bodycomb

22.

Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577–1640, Antwerp) Assumption of the Virgin, ca. 1620 Oil on panel 44.5 x 29.2 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Photo: Michael Bodycomb

23.

Lucio Fontana (Rosario, 1899–1968, Varese) Crocifisso (Christ on the Cross), 1950–52 Glazed terracotta 49.8 x 31.4 x 12.7 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill © Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milan Photo: Michael Bodycomb

24.

Cy Twombly (Lexington, Virginia, 1928–2011, Rome) Untitled, 1959 Oil paint, wax crayon, and lead pencil on canvas 97.5 x 136.5 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill © Cy Twombly Foundation Photo: Michael Bodycomb

25.

Cy Twombly (Lexington, Virginia, 1928–2011, Rome) Untitled, “Chalkboard” series, 1970 Oil paint and oil stick on canvas 155.3 x 189.9 x 5.1 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill © Cy Twombly Foundation Photo: Michael Bodycomb

26.

Ed Ruscha (Omaha, Nebraska, b.1937) Seventeenth Century, 1988 Acrylic on canvas 142.2 x 340.3 cm Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill © Ed Ruscha Photo: Michael Bodycomb

27.

Installation view at The Frick Collection showing Giuseppe Piamontini’s Prince Ferdinando di Cosimo III on Horseback with Ed Ruscha’s, Seventeenth Century, © Ed Ruscha, both works from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill; photo: Michael Bodycomb

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Installation view at The Frick Collection showing Adriaen de Vries’s, Bacchic Man Wearing a Grotesque Mask and Giuseppe Piamontini’s Prince Ferdinando di Cosimo III on Horseback with Ed Ruscha’s, Seventeenth Century, © Ed Ruscha, from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill; photo: Michael Bodycomb

29.

Installation view at The Frick Collection showing Adriaen de Vries’s, Bacchic Man Wearing a Grotesque Mask with Ed Ruscha’s, Seventeenth Century, © Ed Ruscha, from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill; photo: Michael Bodycomb

30.

Installation view at The Frick Collection showing Adriaen de Vries’s, Bacchic Man Wearing a Grotesque Mask with Cy Twombly’s, Untitled, 1959, © Cy Twombly Foundation, both works from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill; photo: Michael Bodycomb

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Installation view at The Frick Collection showing Giuseppe Piamontini’s Prince Ferdinando di Cosimo III on Horseback with Cy Twombly’s Untitled (detail), “Chalkboard” series, 1970, © Cy Twombly Foundation, both works from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill; photo: Michael Bodycomb

32.

Installation view at The Frick Collection showing the Labors of Hercules works from the Hill Collection, photo: Michael Bodycomb

33.

Installation view at The Frick Collection showing reclining figures commissioned by François Girardon in the foreground and, in the background, animal sculptures by Caspar Gras and Barthélemy Prieur, from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill; photo: Michael Bodycomb

34.

Installation view at The Frick Collection showing Antonio Susini’s Rape of a Sabine in the foreground, and in the background, Riccio’s Strigil Bearer and other early Italian bronzes from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill; photo: Michael Bodycomb

35.

Installation view at The Frick Collection showing Adriaen de Vries’s, Bacchic Man Wearing a Grotesque Mask and Giuseppe Piamontini’s Prince Ferdinando di Cosimo III on Horseback with Ed Ruscha’s, Seventeenth Century, © Ed Ruscha, both works from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill; photo: Michael Bodycomb

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Installation view at The Frick Collection showing bronzes from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill; photo: Michael Bodycomb

37.

Installation view of bronzes and other works in the Frick's Cabinet gallery, © Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milan, from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill; photo: Michael Bodycomb

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Installation view showing a pairing in the Frick's Cabinet gallery: Alessandro Algardi's Cristo Vivo (The Living Christ on the Cross), juxtaposed with Lucio Fontana's Crocifisso (Christ on the Cross), © Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milan; photo: Michael Bodycomb

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