The Choice of Hercules before Parnassus: The Steep Path of Virtue over the Easy Path of Pleasure [reverse]
1548/1549
Leone Leoni
Medalist, Milanese, c. 1509 - 1590
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Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.)
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Accession
2007.150.6.b
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Leonard (1922-2000) and Lisa Unger Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 2008 to NGA.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
around circumference: COLIT ARDVA.VIRTV[S] (Virtue cultivates that which is difficult)
Wikidata ID
Q63864206