See figs. 1, 76, 544.
A that is similar in form to another, but with some differences due to one having been from an altered or adapted wax , or from an entirely new model. Artists can make variants of their own work, for example, by adjusting the positions of limbs between casts, or variants may be the result of others imitating the artist’s work.
Sources
Cultural Heritage: Dillon, Jo. 2002. “Technical Reports” and “Glossary of Technical Terms.” In Avery, Victoria, Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 276–88, 299–303. London: Daniel Katz Ltd.; Gli Ori.; Frapiccini, Nicoletta. 2017. “Roman Bronze Figurines of Deities in the National Archaeological Museum of the Marche (Ancona).” In Artistry in Bronze: The Greeks and Their Legacy: XIXth International Congress on Ancient Bronzes, edited by Jens M. Daehner, Kenneth Lapatin, and Ambra Spinelli. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum and Getty Conservation Institute. http://www.getty.edu/publications/artistryinbronze/statuettes/17-frapiccini/.; Bassett, Jane. 2008. The Craftsman Revealed: Adriaen de Vries, Sculptor in Bronze. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute. https://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/9780892369195.html.; Allen, Denise, Linda Borsch, James David Draper, Jeffrey Fraiman, and Richard E. Stone, eds. 2022. Italian Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/Italian_Renaissance_and_Baroque_Bronzes_in_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art., 331
To Be Distinguished From
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aftercast
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surmoulage
Synonym
- version
Translations
French:
version
Déclinaison d’un avec des variations dans la forme ou dans les dimensions.
Source
Cultural Heritage: Baudry, Marie Thérèse, and Dominique Bozo. 1978. La sculpture: Méthode et vocabulaire. Principes d’analyse scientifique. Paris: Impr. nationale., 549
Alternate Translations
- variante
German:
Variante
Source
Weihrauch, Hans Robert. 1967. Europäische Bronzestatuetten. Braunschweig, Germany: Klinkhardt & Biermann., 476
Italian:
variante
Sources
“Treccani - La Cultura Italiana - Enciclopedia.” n.d. Accessed April 4, 2023. https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/., under variante; Battaglia, S. 1961. Grande dizionario della lingua italiana. Edited by Giorgio Bárberi Squarotti. Turin, Italy: Unione tipografico-editrice torinese. http://www.gdli.it/., under variante [definition 3, vol. 21, 672]
Chinese: 变体
Literally “modification"
Sources
Ming Juxin | 明举新. 2001. 汉英冶金工业词典 = Han ying yejin gongye cidian = A Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary of Metallurgical Industry. 3rd ed. 长沙市: 中南大学出版社 = Changsha shi: Zhongnan daxue chuban she [Zhong Nan University Press]., 65; TNATD
Alternate Translation
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变型
Literally “modification”
Sources: Ming Juxin | 明举新. 2001. 汉英冶金工业词典 = Han ying yejin gongye cidian = A Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary of Metallurgical Industry. 3rd ed. 长沙市: 中南大学出版社 = Changsha shi: Zhongnan daxue chuban she [Zhong Nan University Press]., 65; TNATD