Artwork Title: Architecture

Architecture, 1600

Giambologna

About 1600. Figure of “Architecture”. Nude female figure wearing fillet, drapery over right leg, holding in right hand a drawing instruments and in her left a drawing board. Signed on lower edge of drawing, GIO BOLONGE. Personifying Architecture, this figure holds a framing square, protractor, and compass. The bronze’s surface finish is of the highest quality, and the graceful, twisting pose and turn of the head encourage viewing from all sides. (http://www.mfa.org/node/9401)
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