Raffaele Riario, Jacopo Galli, and Michelangelo’s Bacchus, 1471–1572
On Michelangelo’s first day in Rome, in June 1496, Cardinal Raffaele Riario asked him if he could create ‘something beautiful’ in competition with the antique. The twenty-one-year old sculptor responded to this unique challenge with the statue of Bacchus now in the Bargello museum. This statue, as w...
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| description | On Michelangelo’s first day in Rome, in June 1496, Cardinal Raffaele Riario asked him if he could create ‘something beautiful’ in competition with the antique. The twenty-one-year old sculptor responded to this unique challenge with the statue of Bacchus now in the Bargello museum. This statue, as well as the Sleeping Cupid which first brought Michelangelo to Riario’s attention, have long been shrouded in mystery, and the Bacchus as well as its patron have long suffered from critical censure. Through a comprehensive analysis of overlooked and previously-unpublished sources, this study sheds new light on the Sleeping Cupid, the Bacchus, and a fascinating period in the history of Renaissance Rome when the careers of Riario, Galli, and Michelangelo were closely intertwined. It considers the rise of the Riario dynasty starting with the election of Pope Sixtus IV in 1471, Riario’s partnership with Jacopo Galli in the reconstruction of the palace now known as the Palazzo della Cancelleria, the attempted sale of Michelangelo’s Sleeping Cupid in Rome as an antiquity, Riario’s patronage of the Bacchus, and the Bacchus’s display in the house of the Galli up until its sale to the Medici in 1572. Taking a broad, interdisciplinary perspective, it offers a fundamental reassessment of Cardinal Riario’s career as a patron, of Jacopo Galli’s role as an intermediary for both Riario and Michelangelo, and of Michelangelo’s collaboration with Riario and Galli. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1720382026-02-13T13:53:53Z Raffaele Riario, Jacopo Galli, and Michelangelo’s Bacchus, 1471–1572 Christian, Kathleen W. Renaissance sculpture Patronage and sponsorship Italian Peninsula (c. 1501-1800) thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AF The Arts: art forms::AFK Non-graphic and electronic art forms::AFKB Sculpture On Michelangelo’s first day in Rome, in June 1496, Cardinal Raffaele Riario asked him if he could create ‘something beautiful’ in competition with the antique. The twenty-one-year old sculptor responded to this unique challenge with the statue of Bacchus now in the Bargello museum. This statue, as well as the Sleeping Cupid which first brought Michelangelo to Riario’s attention, have long been shrouded in mystery, and the Bacchus as well as its patron have long suffered from critical censure. Through a comprehensive analysis of overlooked and previously-unpublished sources, this study sheds new light on the Sleeping Cupid, the Bacchus, and a fascinating period in the history of Renaissance Rome when the careers of Riario, Galli, and Michelangelo were closely intertwined. It considers the rise of the Riario dynasty starting with the election of Pope Sixtus IV in 1471, Riario’s partnership with Jacopo Galli in the reconstruction of the palace now known as the Palazzo della Cancelleria, the attempted sale of Michelangelo’s Sleeping Cupid in Rome as an antiquity, Riario’s patronage of the Bacchus, and the Bacchus’s display in the house of the Galli up until its sale to the Medici in 1572. Taking a broad, interdisciplinary perspective, it offers a fundamental reassessment of Cardinal Riario’s career as a patron, of Jacopo Galli’s role as an intermediary for both Riario and Michelangelo, and of Michelangelo’s collaboration with Riario and Galli. 2026-02-13T13:53:50Z 2026-02-13T13:53:50Z 2025 book 9781915487117 9781915487247 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/172038 eng All'antica application/octet-stream Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9781915487117-1 https://doi.org/10.1484/M.HMANTICA-EB.5.135830 Brepols 10.1484/M.HMANTICA-EB.5.135830 10.1484/M.HMANTICA-EB.5.135830 337417f5-5e42-49d3-8b32-3867e1572190 9781915487117 9781915487247 2 407 Turnhout open access |
| spellingShingle | Renaissance sculpture Patronage and sponsorship Italian Peninsula (c. 1501-1800) thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AF The Arts: art forms::AFK Non-graphic and electronic art forms::AFKB Sculpture Christian, Kathleen W. Raffaele Riario, Jacopo Galli, and Michelangelo’s Bacchus, 1471–1572 |
| title | Raffaele Riario, Jacopo Galli, and Michelangelo’s Bacchus, 1471–1572 |
| title_full | Raffaele Riario, Jacopo Galli, and Michelangelo’s Bacchus, 1471–1572 |
| title_fullStr | Raffaele Riario, Jacopo Galli, and Michelangelo’s Bacchus, 1471–1572 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Raffaele Riario, Jacopo Galli, and Michelangelo’s Bacchus, 1471–1572 |
| title_short | Raffaele Riario, Jacopo Galli, and Michelangelo’s Bacchus, 1471–1572 |
| title_sort | raffaele riario jacopo galli and michelangelo s bacchus 1471 1572 |
| topic | Renaissance sculpture Patronage and sponsorship Italian Peninsula (c. 1501-1800) thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AF The Arts: art forms::AFK Non-graphic and electronic art forms::AFKB Sculpture |
| topic_facet | Renaissance sculpture Patronage and sponsorship Italian Peninsula (c. 1501-1800) thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AF The Arts: art forms::AFK Non-graphic and electronic art forms::AFKB Sculpture |
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