Porcellino The Wild Boar - Manhattan, NY
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ODragon
N 40° 45.425 W 073° 57.603
18T E 587782 N 4512311
A wild boar in a small park...
Waymark Code: WM59CR
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 12/01/2008
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The park contains the Wild Boar statue, which is a replica of the bronze wild boar completed in 1634 by Renaissance sculptor Pietro Tacca (1557–1640) that stands in Florence, Italy. This replica, alternately known as Porcellino, is in fact a copy of a replica. Tacca himself modeled his boar upon a marble statue now displayed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Porcellino
Figure Type: Animal
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Pietro Tacca
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1634
Materials used: bronze
Location: Sutton Place Park
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