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Vincenzo de' Rossi

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Vincenzo de' Rossi (b. Fiesole, 1525. d. Florence, 1587) was an Italian sculptor.

Dying Adonis

Work

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Theseus and Helen by Vincenzo de' Rossi. The sculpture was highly praised at the time for having been crafted from a single piece of marble, without additions, as was common.[1]

Rossi was mentored by Baccio Bandinelli.

Many of Rossi's works historically were incorrectly attributed to Michelangelo, such as Dying Adonis.[1]

Some of his most famous works were his sculptures of the Twelve Labours of Hercules, of which he only completed seven.[2][1] Six of these sculptures are located in at the Palazzo Vecchio.[2] The seventh labour, Hercules with Atlas, is located at the Villa di Poggio Imperiale.

His statue "St. Joseph with Christ as a Child" resides in the Pantheon in Rome.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Utz, Hildegard (1971). "The Labors of Hercules and Other Works by Vincenzo de' Rossi". The Art Bulletin. 53 (3): 344–366. doi:10.2307/3048869. ISSN 0004-3079. JSTOR 3048869.
  2. ^ a b Ritz, JoAnn (10 September 2013). "The Labours of Hercules in Palazzo Vecchio". Florence Inferno. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. ^ https://findit.library.yale.edu/catalog/digcoll:1860955