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Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Francesco Petrarca

designed before 1848, cast date unknown

Italian 18th/19th Century

Associated Names

Italian 18th/19th Century

Artist

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Artwork overview

Medium

copper alloy with remains of black lacquer
Credit Line

Gift of Faber Donoughe in honor of David Gariff
Dimensions

diameter: 6 in. (15.24cm).
Accession Number

2024.10.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Michael Hall [1926-2020], New York); gift 1974 to (Faber Donoughe, New York); gift 2024 to NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on obverse at top of circle: FRANCESCO PETRARCA
on reverse painted in black: 3071./ 0,7.

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