Collection

At left: Benvenuto Cellini, Satyr (detail), 1543-45, Bronze, 56.8 x 8.9 x 8.1 cm, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program. At right: Benvenuto Cellini (detail), Satyr, 1543-45, Pen and brown ink and brown wash on paper, 416 x 203 mm, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, Woodner Collection, Patron's Permanent Fund Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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  • At left: Benvenuto Cellini, Satyr (detail), 1543-45, Bronze, 56.8 x 8.9 x 8.1 cm, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program. At right: Benvenuto Cellini (detail), Satyr, 1543-45, Pen and brown ink and brown wash on paper, 416 x 203 mm, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, Woodner Collection, Patron's Permanent Fund Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.
  • Benvenuto Cellini, Satyr, 1543-45, Bronze, 56.8 x 8.9 x 8.1 cm, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program.
  • Benvenuto Cellini, Satyr, 1543-45, Pen and brown ink and brown wash on paper, 416 x 203 mm, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, Woodner Collection, Patron's Permanent Fund Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
  • Baccio Bandinelli, Self-Portrait, about 1545, oil on panel, 142.5 x 113.5 cm, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
  • Donatello, Donatello, David, about 1450, Pen and brown ink on paper, 288 x 204 mm, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes, © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY
  • Baccio Bandinelli, Hercules from a side view, Red chalk on paper, 403 x 196 mm, Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence Scala / Ministero per i Beni e le Attività culturali / Art Resource, NY
  • Michelangelo, Pietà, about 1538-1544, black chalk on paper, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
  • Attributed to Peter Candid (Peter de Witte), Portrait of Giambologna in his studio, about 1585-88, Oil on canvas, 89 x 66 cm, Private Collection, on loan to the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
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Donatello, Michelangelo, Cellini:
Sculptors' Drawings from Renaissance Italy

OCTOBER 23, 2014–JANUARY 19, 2015 | HOSTETTER GALLERY

This groundbreaking exhibition examines the multifaceted relationship between drawing and sculpture in Renaissance Italy. Because sculptors worked primarily from preparatory models in wax or clay, drawing was not an essential part of their working practice. And yet, in his self-portrait now in the Gardner Museum’s collection, the prominent Florentine sculptor Baccio Bandinelli points not to his most famous public monument, but rather to a drawing of it. The surprising gesture raises many questions about when, why, and how Renaissance sculptors drew, and provides clues about their training and their ambitions. Come and explore works by several Italian masters, many being exhibited for the first time in the United States.

Premier Exhibition Sponsor: Bank of America. Additional support provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Museum receives operating support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Media sponsor: Boston Globe Media.