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Tacca, Pietro,
Animal -- Pig
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Il Porcellino, (sculpture).
Artist:
Tacca, Pietro, 1577-1640, sculptor. (copy after)
Title:
Il Porcellino, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1613. Installed 1966.
Medium:
Bronze on a black marble base.
Dimensions:
H. 31 in.; Base H. 24 in.
Description:
A wild boar sitting up on his front legs.
Subject:
Animal -- Pig
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Owner:
Strawbridge & Clothier, 8th & Market Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Provenance:
Purchased from Martinelli, Ferdinando Florence, Italy Oct. 1966.
Remarks:
This is the fifth known cast of the Wild Boar in the Straw Market in Florence. It was first rented by Strawbridge & Clothier and later purchased.
References:
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974.
Illustration:
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 339.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 88320134
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Inventory of American Sculpture
88320134
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