Lucretia (?)
Pierino da Vinci
1547/48
Medium
Bronze with yellow patina
Dimensions
H.: 17.8 cm (7 in.)
Classification
statuette
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
22450
About the Artist
Pierino da Vinci · 1520–1553
Pierino da Vinci (c. 1529–1553/54), born Pier Francesco di Bartolomeo di Ser Piero da Vinci, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor whose brief but brilliant career was cut tragically short by malarial fever at age twenty-three. Born in Vinci, Tuscany, around 1529, Pierino was the nephew of Leonardo da Vinci—the son of Leonardo's younger half-brother Bartolomeo. His family recognized his artistic tal...