Vincenzo Danti is remembered for work the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Vincenzo Danti as Italian sculptor (1530-1576).
Vincenzo Danti was born at Perugia in 1530. His recorded nationality is Italy.
This was the period in which the artist became an individual with a signature, a reputation and a price.
He worked as sculptor, architect and engineer.
Among his best-known works are Apollo, Cosimo I de Medici's strong-box door and Cosimo I de' Medici as Augustus. A painting outlives the argument about it, which is the only durable form of an artistic reputation.
That the work was made in Italy shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Vincenzo Danti died in 1576, aged 46. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Apollo
- Notable work: Cosimo I de Medici's strong-box door
- Notable work: Cosimo I de' Medici as Augustus
- Notable work: Honor defeats Deceit
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