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The bronze, "Ganimede e l'aquila", at the Bargello, is first listed at
PRATOLINO
without attribution in an inventory of the 'guardaroba' under Ferindand I between 1587 and 1591.
THE ATTRIBUTION TO CELLINI is due to
I. B. Supino,
"L'arte di Benvenuto Cellini",
Firenze, 1901, p. 27.
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Though accepted by PLANISCIG and other scholars, the attribution of the "Ganimede e l'acquila" to Cellini was DECISIVELY REJECTED by
F. Kriegbaum,
"Marmi di Benvenuto Cellini ritrovati",
L'Arte, n. s., vol. 11, 1940, p. 3
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Kriegbaum ascribed it to TRIBOLO.
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At one time, Pope-Hennessy concurred with Kriegbaum in the view that the Ganimede was Tribolo's.
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Pope-Hennessy later judged that a later dating is MANDATORY.
"The "Ganimede e l'aquila" must have been executed about 1570 by one of the bronze artists engaged on the subsidiary sculptures for the "Fontana di Nettuno"".
Sunday, July 22, 2012
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