Beschrijving
Allegory of Architecture is a marble sculpture of a seated female figure, originally made for the Boboli Gardens in Florence. Architecture is shown as a woman with a compass, square, ruler and plumb line, a choice that stemmed from a debate on the arts of drawing in Florence in Vasari’s time. In 1565 Giovanni Bandini sculpted a personification of Architecture for Michelangelo’s tomb, an authoritative reference for later works such as Giambologna’s refined statue, dressed only in the attributes of the profession.
Made to order and hand-finished in the Netherlands. Choose from 11 sizes, from a 7 cm miniature to a 48 cm statement piece, in marble white, gold, bronze or any colour you like. Explore more pieces in our Europa collection.
