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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Il "Marte" colossale di SANSOVINO, Venezia

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The Marte is a colossal figure carved by Sansovino for the Ducal Palace in Venice.

Commisisoned in 1554, the "Marte" is described by Vasari as

"the most beautiful state in the form of a giant, seven braccia high, symbolising the power of the Republic of Venezia by land."

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Thirteen years later they were installed on the stairway to the Palace.

Tintoretto regarded the "Marte" as the supreme Venetian statue.

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