Apollonio Massa, Doctor of Medicine

Alessandro Vittoria (Alessandro Vittoria di Vigilio della Volpa)

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This bust may be compared with two other busts of Apollonio Massa by Vittoria. One, a marble formerly in the cloister of the Church of San Domenico, Venice, was probably set up during Apollonio's lifetime, in 1572 (the date on the bust's inscription). The second bust, a terracotta, originally in the Church of the Convertite, Giudecca, once bore an inscription with the date of 1587. The terracotta, however, which closely resembles 61.239, may in fact be earlier in date than the marble.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art