Allegorical Figure

c. 1500

North Italian 16th Century

Associated Names
North Italian 16th Century

Artist

The sculpture is a circular relief depicting a seated female figure in a flowing dress with one hand raised and the other resting on her lap, holding the fabric of her dress. Beside her, a small dog is depicted gazing up at her. The sculpture is made of a bronze-colored material, giving it a metallic sheen with a slightly reddish-brown hue. The details of the folds in the dress and the facial features of both the woman and the dog are delicately carved.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Medium brown patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.) gross weight: 61 gr

  • Accession Number

    1957.14.415

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 1945 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol.II, 291.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 357.

Wikidata ID

Q63814828

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