Detail showing the eyes inlaid with silver, and the bridge of the nose, lips, and sideburns for evidence of where the mercury gilding dripped while being applied, or did not stay within intended boundaries. Note the black patina typical of Antico and the particularly glossy surface. Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, known as Antico (Italian, ca. 1455–1528), Meleager, ca. 1484–90, H. 32.2 cm with original base (Victoria and Albert Museum, purchased with support from the Horn Bequest, the Bryan Bequest, and Art Fund, inv. A.27-1960). See Stone, Richard E. 1981. “Antico and the Development of Bronze Casting in Italy at the End of the Quattrocento.” Metropolitan Museum Journal 16:87–116.; Smith, Dylan, and Shelley G. Sturman. 2011. “The Art and Innovation of Antico’s Bronzes: A Technical Investigation.” In Antico: The Golden Age of Renaissance Bronzes, edited by Eleonora Luciano, 157–85. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art; London: Paul Holberton.; Motture, Peta. 2019. The Culture of Bronze: Making and Meaning in Italian Renaissance Sculpture. London: V&A Publishing..