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Giuseppe Piamontini, Venus and Cupid, 1711/1724, bronze, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1974.18.2

Venus and Cupid

Giuseppe Piamontini · 1711/1724 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1974.18.2

Anonymous Artist, The Grand Dauphin, model 1688/1699, cast c. 1699, bronze, Andrew W. Mellon Fund, 1971.5.1

The Grand Dauphin

Anonymous Artist · model 1688/1699, cast c. 1699 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1971.5.1

Cast in bronze, this free-standing sculpture shows a slender, young, nude woman balanced on the toes of one foot on a globe as she pulls back an arrow in a bow. The smooth, dark brown bronze surface is touched with hints of honey gold where light catches it, as on her chest and along her outstretched leg. In this photograph, her body is angled to our right, and she turns her head so we see her profile facing our right. She balances on the ball of her left foot, farther from us, as she lifts her nearly straight right leg up behind her. Her left arm extends straight, holding the bow. With her other hand, she pulls the long arrow and bowstring back to nearly touch her right shoulder, so the arms of the bow are almost parallel. Her wavy hair is pulled up in a bun on the crown of her head. She has a long, straight nose, and her lips are closed. The ball on which she stands balances on a rectangular, slightly flaring plinth, which is about half the height of the woman. The bottom corners of the plinth nestle between the wings of two sphinx-like creatures with animal faces, horns, wide, lion-like paws, and wings. Below a row of three stylized rosettes near the top edge of the plinth, the cast inscription reads, “DIANA OF THE TOWER.”
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Diana of the Tower, model 1892/1893, cast 1899, bronze, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 1975.12.1

Diana of the Tower

Augustus Saint-Gaudens · model 1892/1893, cast 1899 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1975.12.1

Antonio Lombardo, Peace Establishing Her Reign, 1512, bronze, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1972.12.1

Peace Establishing Her Reign

Antonio Lombardo · 1512 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1972.12.1

A centaur, a creature with a man’s torso and horse’s body, wraps both arms around a nearly nude woman who falls backward in this bronze, freestanding sculpture. In this photograph, the centaur faces our right with its front feet rearing up. His muscular torso leans to our left, and his mouth is wide open and brows deeply furrowed. A wreath of flowers is tied with a bow around his head, and he looks to the right. In his arms, the woman’s legs and arms fall back as she arcs away from him. One knee and one elbow are bent, and drapery covers only her groin. Her hair cascades onto the centaur’s rump, and her eyes and mouth are wide open. The centaur’s tail is lifted, and one back foot is planted forward, under the bulk of his body. The other leg is bent so the top of that hoof rests on a swath of fabric that falls down the far side of the pair. Water pours from an overturned urn onto a textured ground between the centaur’s feet. The cast base has molding and a plaque on the front reading, “L’ENLEVEMENT.” The bronze is shiny brown in some areas with a pine-green patina in other areas.
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, Auguste Rodin, The Abduction of Hippodamia (L'Enlèvement d'Hippodamie), model 1877/1879, cast after 1877, bronze, William Nelson Cromwell Fund, 1977.58.1

The Abduction of Hippodamia (L'Enlèvement d'Hippodamie)

Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, Auguste Rodin · model 1877/1879, cast after 1877 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1977.58.1

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, Thomas Jefferson, model 1832-1833, cast after 1892, bronze, Ferdinand Lammot Belin Fund, 1975.11.1

Thomas Jefferson

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers · model 1832-1833, cast after 1892 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1975.11.1

Giovanni Bologna, Christ Crucified, probably before 1588, bronze, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Gaines in memory of Clarence F. and Amelia R. Gaines, and Gloria Gaines, and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.16.1

Christ Crucified

Giovanni Bologna · probably before 1588 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1991.16.1

Antonio Canova, Winged Victory, c. 1803/1806, bronze, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1991.125.1

Winged Victory

Antonio Canova · c. 1803/1806 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1991.125.1

Michel Anguier, Ceres Searching for Persephone, model 1652, cast probably 1652/1670s, bronze, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1989.44.1

Ceres Searching for Persephone

Michel Anguier · model 1652, cast probably 1652/1670s · bronze ·  Accession ID  1989.44.1

Anonymous Artist, Louis XIV, model c. 1683/1699, cast c. 1699, bronze, Andrew W. Mellon Fund, 1971.5.2

Louis XIV

Anonymous Artist · model c. 1683/1699, cast c. 1699 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1971.5.2