Antonio Montauti
Italian, 1683-1746
Leda and the Swan, c. 1710
Bronze
The Putnam Dana McMillan Fund 78.63.1

Lost Wax, Found Sculpture

Sunday, February 6, 2011—Sunday, April 17, 2011
Cargill Gallery 103
Free Exhibition

This exhibition explains the technique of making a bronze sculpture according to the historically most widely used technique of the lost wax casting process. The stages of bronze making are illustrated with actual models (created by Minneapolis College of Art and Design professor Don Myhre), and with images from the 18th-century Encyclopédie by Diderot and D'Alembert. Focusing on the technical side of bronze casting, the exhibition complements the display of stellar examples of Italian and French bronze sculptures in the exhibition, "Beauty and Power: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Collection of Peter Marino," on view in the U.S. Bank Gallery from February 6, to May 15, 2011.

This exhibition is made possible by the generous support of William W. and Nadine M. McGuire.