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model c. 1570-1575, cast c. 1581-1620

Probably workshop of Johann Gregor van der Schardt

Associated Names
Anonymous Artist

Artist

Johann Gregor van der Schardt

Related Artist, Netherlandish, 1530 - c. 1581

The sculpture depicts a nude female figure with a towel wrapped around her head. She is standing in a pose, holding a small object in her raised right hand, while her left hand holds out a piece of cloth. The sculpture is cast in bronze. The expression on the sculpture's face appears serene as she gazes at the object in her hand. This piece stands on a dark, glossy pedestal.

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Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2012

  • Revealing the African Prescence in Renaissance Europe, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Princeton University Art Museum, 2012-2013, no. 40, repro.

Bibliography

2015

  • Schmidt, Eike D., et al. Bronze, Boxwood, and Ivory in the Robert H. Smith Collection of Renaissance Sculpture. London, 2015: 5-13, repro. no. 66.

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