bronze

August 3, 2014
Archaeologists discovered the Seated Mercury on this day in 1758 in the peristyle of the Villa of Papyri at Herculaneum .

June 12, 2014
The so-called Athlete of Fano, a Greek bronze found off the coast of Italy by fishermen in 1964, remains the subject of controversy between the Italian government and the Getty museum, which acquired the statue in 1977.

April 9, 2014
Baccio Bandinelli Sculptor and Maestro (1493-1560) opens today at the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence.

March 9, 2014
The so-called Athlete of Fano, a Greek bronze found off the coast of Italy by fisherman in 1964, is the subject of controversy between the Italian government and the Getty museum, which acquired the statue in 1977.

March 3, 2014
From Florence to Florence Italian Bronze Masterpieces on exhibit in Florence, Texas through 1 May 2014.

February 8, 2014
After five years in storage , the Riace Bronzes are back on display at the Museo Archeologico di Reggio Calabria.

October 23, 2013
gettypubs : Getty Publications is excited to announce that The Restoration of Ancient Bronzes: Naples and Beyond is now available online for free!

October 11, 2013
Etruscans: a Hymn to Life is on view at Paris’s Musée Maillol through 8 February 2014.

August 30, 2013
Silvia Mazza reports in the Art Newspaper that the Riace Bronze Warriors are to go back on display in January 2014 after a six-year hiatus.

August 9, 2013
artgalleryofontario : Venus de’ Medici , c. 1705 Massimiliano Soldani Benzi, Italian, 1656 – 1740 Bronze 31.4 cm Gift of Margaret and Ian Ross, 1982 © 2013 Art Gallery of Ontario