Florentine 16th Century

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Carved with highly polished, speckled, rust-colored stone, this wide, elongated urn is oval shaped when seen from above. We look onto one longer side in this photograph. The foot of the urn is carved into two lion’s feet, turned slightly outward at an angle from each other. Where the body of the urn meets the feet is an animal-like face with a prominent lower lip and lion-like nose. The lower portion of the urn curves up to create a shallow bowl shape before angling inward into a deeply carved cove above. Two scrolling handles, one on each narrow end of the urn, curve from the bulging bowl of the urn down to the feet. Each handle is decorated with a human face, seen in profile with mouth open, near where the handle meets the body of the urn. The lid is decorated with scrolls and foliation that flank a humanoid face with a gaping mouth, a broad nose, and wide-open eyes. Light glints off the smooth polished surface, and the urn sits against a charcoal-gray background.
Florentine 16th Century, Urn with Grotesque Masks, c. 1580/1620, porphyry, Gift of Lewis Einstein, 1953.13.2

Urn with Grotesque Masks

Florentine 16th Century · c. 1580/1620 · porphyry ·  Accession ID  1953.13.2

Florentine 16th Century, Neapolitan 16th Century, Don Pedro Alvarez de Toledo, c. 1560/1600, bronze, Gift of Stanley Mortimer, 1948.15.1

Don Pedro Alvarez de Toledo

Florentine 16th Century, Neapolitan 16th Century · c. 1560/1600 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1948.15.1

A pale-skinned man sits, holding an open book next to his lap so the pages face us in this square painting. His body is angled to our right, and he turns his head farther in that direction, so his face is in profile. He has heavy brows, high cheekbones, and a prominent, hooked nose. His lower lip projects beyond his thin upper lip, and his chin juts out. He is lit from our right, so the hollows of his cheeks are in shadow. A vivid red cap encircled by a wreath of laurel leaves covers his dark hair. His long, cranberry-red robe splits over the shoulders to show navy-blue sleeves. His left hand, farther from us, braces the top of the open book, which comes up to chest height. A poem written in verses of three lines each in Italian can be read on both pages. The man’s other hand is lifted and hovers, palm down, over a miniature skyline by his side. The buildings there include a dome with a pointed lantern and two towers. A lighter tan area in the lower left corner, beneath the skyline, is difficult to interpret. The man sits on a grassy outcropping, which is mostly lost in the shadows. A body of blue water stretches into the distance beyond the outcropping to meet a conical mountain layered like a cake with ten sections. Trees grow on the narrowest, topmost level, and flames line the second level. A boat, tiny in scale, sails across the water near a grassy, zigzagging shore in the distance. Light from the upper right creates a creamy yellow beam across the otherwise darkened sky.
Florentine 16th Century, Allegorical Portrait of Dante, late 16th century, oil on panel, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.9.57

Allegorical Portrait of Dante

Florentine 16th Century · late 16th century · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  1961.9.57

Florentine 16th Century, Walnut Table with Eagles on the Supports, c. 1540/1560, walnut, Widener Collection, 1942.9.365

Walnut Table with Eagles on the Supports

Florentine 16th Century · c. 1540/1560 · walnut ·  Accession ID  1942.9.365

Florentine 16th Century, Portrait of a Young Woman, 1530/1540, oil on panel, Widener Collection, 1942.9.51

Portrait of a Young Woman

Florentine 16th Century · 1530/1540 · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  1942.9.51

Florentine 16th Century, Hercules and Antaeus, mid 16th century, bronze//Light brown patina, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.505

Hercules and Antaeus

Florentine 16th Century · mid 16th century · bronze//Light brown patina ·  Accession ID  1957.14.505

Florentine 16th Century, Ugolino Martelli, mid 16th century, oil on panel, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1939.1.79

Ugolino Martelli

Florentine 16th Century · mid 16th century · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  1939.1.79

Florentine 16th Century, Perseus Mounted on Pegasus, mid 16th century, bronze//Medium brown patina, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.504

Perseus Mounted on Pegasus

Florentine 16th Century · mid 16th century · bronze//Medium brown patina ·  Accession ID  1957.14.504

This free-standing, painted, terracotta portrait sculpture shows the head, shoulders, and chest of a man with dark hair and a prominent nose. His face and body are angled slightly to our right in this photograph, and he looks down his crooked nose. He has peach-colored skin, which is lightly shadowed around his chin. His thin lips are set in a line, and his brow is furrowed low above his eyes. Chin-length brown hair hangs straight down the sides of his face. His garment has scarlet-red sleeves under a navy-blue tunic, and he wears a red headdress that hangs down to his shoulder over his left ear, on our right. A red scarf drapes across his chest, and the end hangs on his chest on our left. Paint losses on the surface of the sculpture allow the brown terracotta to show through in some areas.
Florentine 16th Century, Lorenzo de' Medici, possibly 1513/1520, painted terracotta, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1943.4.92

Lorenzo de' Medici

Florentine 16th Century · possibly 1513/1520 · painted terracotta ·  Accession ID  1943.4.92

Florentine 16th Century, Walnut Cassone made for Strozzi Family, first half 16th century, walnut and poplar, Widener Collection, 1942.9.368

Walnut Cassone made for Strozzi Family

Florentine 16th Century · first half 16th century · walnut and poplar ·  Accession ID  1942.9.368