Massimiliano Soldani, sculptor to the Medici
Subtitle: sixty drawings
By: Charles Avery with an introduction by Nicolas Schwed
Contributors: Schwed, Nicolas, contributor, publisher; Nicolas Schwed (Firm)
Publisher: Nicolas Schwed
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: Exhibitions; Italian Sculpture; Italian Drawing
Other titles: Massimiliano Soldani sculptor to the Medici :; Sixty drawings by Massimiliano Soldani
Description: "The discovery of these sixty unpublished drawings by Soldani dating from the 1680s and 1690s sheds a new light on Soldani's early activity. The drawings include projects for medals, vases, galleys, plates, architecture and religious artefacts, a number of which are still extant. Soldani was until now unknown as a draughtsman."--cover verso
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at Nicolas Schwed, Paris, France, November 2-30, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-141).

Text in English, title page verso in French.
Table of contents: title: General introduction; title: The life of Massimiliano Soldani; title: Minerva Embracing Truth; title: Design for an epitaph; title: Designs for a cornice; title: Introduction to the Medici mastery; title: Drawings for the Medici; title: Introduction to Gallant Galleys; title: Drawings for Gallant Galleys; title: Drawings of vases; title: Cartouches, finials, and other decorative objects; title: Drawings of public and personal piety; title: Drawings of Pensieri and architecture; title: Watermarks; title: Bibliography.