Atlas Supporting the Globe of Heaven
Workshop of
Severo da Ravenna (Severo Calzetta)
(Italian, ca. 1465/75–ca. 1538)
Formerly attributed to
Riccio (Andrea Briosco)
(Italian, 1470–1532)
Datelate 16th century
MediumBronze
DimensionsH.: 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm)
Credit LineHenry Clay Frick Bequest
Accession number1915.2.24
Collection HistoryFrédéric Spitzer, Paris. His sale, April 17–June 16, 1893, 33 rue de Villejust, Paris, Lot 1450, as Paduan, fifteenth century, sold for 17,500 francs. John Edward Taylor, London. His sale, July 1–4 and 9–10, 1912, Christie’s, Lot 21, as Riccio, sold for 3,100 guineas to Duveen. Frick, 1915.
Source: Sculpture in The Frick Collection: Italian. Volume III. New York: The Frick Collection, 1970.
Not On View
Severo da Ravenna (Severo Calzetta)
early 16th century (probably before 1511)
Amadio da Milano (Amadio Amadei)
ca. 1441
