Cleveland Museum of Art
Toad
- Date
- c. 1500–1550 or later
- Medium
- bronze
- Culture
- Italy, possibly Padua, 16th century
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Casting animals from life was a common Renaissance practice, connected to scholars’ interest in natural history and a taste for oddities. Drowning the toad in ammonia left the animal’s body intact. The workshop then manipulated the head, opened the mouth, and cast the creature as a functional object for the study.
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