Exhibition Talk | "Siena: The Art of Bronze: A Conservator's Perspective"

"Siena: The Art of Bronze: A Conservator's Perspective" Vicky Schussler, Conservator, The Frick Collection

Exhibition Talks bring specific works, themes, or questions into focus to enrich visitors’ experience of the Frick’s special exhibitions. Offered in connection with Siena: The Art of Bronze, 1450-1500: https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/siena, this brief talk compares two remarkable, large-scale bronzes featured in the exhibition: the Gisant of Mariano Sozzini the Elder and the Tomb slab of Giovanni di Bartolomeo Pecci, Bishop of Grosseto and Istia d’Ombrone. Schussler explores from the perspective of an objects conservator how technical examination—including direct visual observation, high-quality photography, and instrumental analysis—can inform our understanding of Renaissance bronzes.

Please meet in the Ian Wardropper Education Room: https://www.frick.org/map. Assistive listening devices will be available upon request.

A repeat session of this program will be offered on December 7: https://www.frick.org/programs/galleries?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D208965740 at 1:00 PM.

Louis Vuitton Principal Cultural Sponsor

Leadership support is provided by an anonymous donor in honor of Ian Wardropper and by Margot and Jeremiah M. Bogert, Elizabeth M. and Jean-Marie R. Eveillard, and The Christian Humann Foundation.

Major support is provided by Clémence and William von Mueffling, Fondazione Bracco, the Robert Lehman Foundation, the David L. Klein, Jr. Foundation, The Eric & Jane Nord Family Fund for Exhibition Programming, and The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

Additional support is provided by Filippo Benappi; Andrew Butterfield and Claire Schiffman; The Helen Clay Frick Foundation; Mr. and Mrs. Hubert L. Goldschmidt; Jon and Barbara Landau; Wendy Lewison; Carlo Orsi, Trinity Fine Art; Jane Richards; Sabina and Harlan Stone; the Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation; Bosilika An in honor of the Abbruzzese Family; Eric Blair-Joannou; Loren Davis; Bailey Foote; and Alexander Mason Hankin.