Attributed to Gillis van den Vliete, known as Egidio della Riviera (1547?-1602) Roman, late 16th century

Gillis van den Vliete, known as Egidio della Riviera, was a Flemish sculptor who is first recorded working in Rome in 1567. A contemporary of Cristoforo Stati, to whom this figure of Andromeda was previously attributed, van den Vliete was also closely involved in the restoration of classical sculpture and executed several monuments in churches in Rome, such as Santa Matria dell'Anima, Santa Maria Maggiore and San Giovanni in Laterano, as well as the tritons in the Fontana del Moro in the Piazza Navona. In the present figure classical inspiration is tempered with a naturalism of form and composition recalling the nudes of Giambologna but without that artist's posed symmetry.

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Grove Dictionary of Art; Fiamminghi a Roma 1508-1608, pp.396-97