Luisa Deti (d. 1557)

Ippolito Buzio

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Buzio was one of the preeminent sculptors at the turn of the seventeenth century in Rome, producing full-length sculptures, busts and fountains for members of the Roman aristocracy. This portrait may represent Luisa Deti (d. 1557), the mother of Pope Clement VIII (1536–1605), and was originally intended for the Aldobrandini family chapel in Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art