Pietro Tacca
(1577–1640) Italian artist (1577-1640)
Pietro Tacca (Italy, 1577–1640) is listed in the catalogue as a sculptor. By year of birth, Pietro Tacca belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Pietro Tacca was born in Carrara and died in Florence. Pietro Tacca worked in Florence, France, Florence, and Madrid.
The best-known works include ‘Il porcellino’ and ‘Tarquinius and Lucretia’. The catalogue has 4 works by Pietro Tacca with free images. The dated works span the years 1600–1965. Works by Pietro Tacca are held by Collections du Musée national de la Marine de Brest and Sculptures in the National Gallery of Art. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Mannerism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Giovanni Baglione, Giovanni Battista Crespi, Vincenzo Carducci, Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen, and Peter Paul Rubens.