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

Florentine 16th Century, Farnese Hercules, c. 1550/1599, bronze, Gift of Stanley Mortimer, 1960.10.1

Farnese Hercules

Florentine 16th Century · c. 1550/1599 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1960.10.1

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Cassapanca, made for Strozzi Family

Florentine 16th Century · second half 16th century · poplar and walnut ·  Accession ID  1942.9.358

Florentine 16th Century, A Bird, late 16th century, bronze//Dark patina, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.85

A Bird

Florentine 16th Century · late 16th century · bronze//Dark patina ·  Accession ID  1957.14.85

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, Pietro Strozzi, 1510-1588, Marshall of France 1554 [obverse], c. 1545, cast non-sterling silver, Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin, 1992.55.10.a

Pietro Strozzi, 1510-1588, Marshall of France 1554 [obverse]

Florentine 16th Century · c. 1545 · cast non-sterling silver ·  Accession ID  1992.55.10.a

Florentine 16th Century, Horse Pawing the Earth [reverse], c. 1545, cast non-sterling silver, Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin, 1992.55.10.b

Horse Pawing the Earth [reverse]

Florentine 16th Century · c. 1545 · cast non-sterling silver ·  Accession ID  1992.55.10.b

Florentine 16th Century, Giovanni de' Medici delle Bande Nere, 1498-1526 [obverse], 1540s, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.1325.a

Giovanni de' Medici delle Bande Nere, 1498-1526 [obverse]

Florentine 16th Century · 1540s · bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.1325.a

Florentine 16th Century, Cavalry Charge [reverse], 1540s, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.1325.b

Cavalry Charge [reverse]

Florentine 16th Century · 1540s · bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.1325.b