# Glorification of a Hero [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [RICCIO, Andrea]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Bronze plaquette ## Commentary Andrea Riccio worked in terracotta and bronze, mostly on the small scale of statuettes, plaquettes and elegant domestic items such as inkstands and oil lamps. Usually regarded as the greatest exponent of this kind of work, he was a specialist in rendering themes of Classical mythology to the satisfaction of the erudite humanist professors of Padua University. ## Related artworks - [Arion]() - [Della Torre Monument]() - [Della Torre Monument: Relief \#1]() - [Della Torre Monument: Relief \#2]() - [Della Torre Monument: Relief \#2]() - [Della Torre Monument: Relief \#3]() - [Della Torre Monument: Relief \#4]() - [Della Torre Monument: Relief \#5]() - [Della Torre Monument: Relief \#6]() - [Della Torre Monument: Relief \#7]() - [Della Torre Monument: Relief \#8]() - [Finding of the Cross]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()